Ott (2011): study ZZ 2006 /1

Publication

Author(s):

Ott, J.C.

Title:

Government and Happiness in 130 Nations: Good Governance Fosters Higher Level and More Equality of Happiness.

Source:

Social Indicators Research, 2011, Vol. 102, 3 - 22

Investigation

Public

18+ aged, general public, 130 nations, 2006

Survey name

INT-GallupWorldPoll2006

Sample

Probability area sample

Respondents

N = 1300000

Non Response

Assessment

Face-to-face + Telephone

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:

Self report on single question

Using a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 means 'the worst possible life' and 10 means the 'best possible life', how would you rate your life overall these days?
0  worst possible life overall
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10  best possible life overall

Classification:

C-BW-c-sq-n-11-c

Author's label:

Evaluative happiness

Page in publication:

79

Observed distribution

Summary Statistics

On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10

Mean:

5.50 -

SD:

- -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Democratic Quality of Governance Democratic quality of government Technical or Delivery Quality of Governance Technical quality of government Size of Government Size of government in nation
Government consumption in nation
Government expenditures Summed effects Summed effects of current societal conditions