| Publication | |
| Author(s) | Inglehart, R.; Foa, R.; Peterson, C. |
| Title | Development, Freedom, and Rising Happiness. |
| Source | Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2008, Vol. 3, 264 - 285 |
| Investigation | |
| Public | 18+ aged, general public, 52 nations, 1981-2007 |
| Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, East-Germany, West-germany, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea (south), Latvia, Lithunia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, North Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slowakia, Slovenia, South Africa,, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay, USA. | |
| 1981-2007 | |
| Survey name | Not available |
| World Values Surveys 1981-2007. | |
| Sample | Probability multi-stage cluster sample |
| Probability samples within nations, non-probability sample of nations | |
| Respondents N = | 72000 |
| Non Response | Not available |
| Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
| Happiness measure(s) used | |
| Full text | Selfreport 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 |
| Author's label | Life satisfaction |
| Page in publication | 267, 282-284 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| Full text | Selfreport on single question: On the whole, how happy would you say you are.....? 4 very happy 3 fairly happy 2 not very happy 1 very unhappy |
| Classification | O-HL-u-sq-v-4-b |
| Author's label | Happiness |
| Page in publication | 267,282-284 |
| Remarks | Scores reversed (in original 1 = very happy) Actual range: 1,40 (Moldova 1996) to 2,58 (Nigeria 2000) |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| Full text | Selfreport on two questions: A Taking all together, how happy would you say you are? 4 very happy 3 quite happy 2 not very happy 1 not at all happy B All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as-a-whole now? 10 satisfied 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 dissatisfied Computation: (Ax2,5) +B -10 Name: Inglehart's combined score |
| Classification | O-Sum---mq-*-14-a |
| Page in publication | 267, 282-284 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| Author's label | Our subject description | |
| (Change in) National pride | show | Change in attitudes to nation |
| (Change in) democracy | show | Political democracy in nation |
| (Change in) GDP per capita (in PPP/pc) | show | Purchasing power (`real' gnp pc) |
| (Change in) Sense of free choice | show | Freedom in nations |
| (Change in) Strength of religiosity | show | Religion in nation |
| (Change in) Tolerance of outgroups | show | Tolerance in nation |
| Change average happiness | show | Trend in general public |
| Summed effects on change in happiness | show | Summed nation characteristics |
| Summed effects on levels of happiness | show | Summed nation characteristics |