Pacek & Radcliff (2008): study ZZ Developed nations 1981

Publication

Author(s):

Pacek, A.; Radcliff, B.F.

Title:

Assessing the Welfare State: The Politics of Happiness.

Source:

Perspectives on Politics, 2008, Vol. 6, 267 - 277

Investigation

Public

General public, 18 developed nations, 1981-2000

Sample

Probability stratified sample

Respondents

N = 20000

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:

Self report on single question:

All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as-a-whole these days?
1   dissatisfied
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10  satisfied

Classification:

O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Decommodification Social security in nation Social Wage Socio-economic regime in the nation Cumulative Left-Party Score Socio-economic regime in the nation
Political democracy in nation