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Correlational findings

Study Veenhoven & Ouweneel (1995): study ZZ 1980

Public
Adults, general public, 26 nations, around 1980
Sample
Respondents
N = 35000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Growth government expenditures
Our Classification
Operationalization
Change in government expenditures (final government consumption) 1950-1985

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-*-sq-*-11-a r = -.60 ns CHANGE in Average Happiness by GROWTH of Government Consumption in 8 OECD nations and Mexico