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Correlational findings

Study Bjornskov (2014): study ZZ Europe 1975

Public
14+ aged, 29 countries (EU member states and potential members), 1975-2011
Survey name
EU-Eurobarometer combined waves
Sample
Respondents
N = 2000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Government ideology
Our Classification
Remarks
The index places governments on a left-to-right scale from -1 to 1 Data: Bjornskov and Potrafke 2011
Distribution
M = 0,238 SD = 0,405
Operationalization
Not reported

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-b b = +.02 ns CHANGE AVERAGE happiness, by government ideology in nation.

B controlled for:
- Happiness 1 year before (to caputure CHANGE)
- Ideology*crisis
- Crisis (episodes  in which the year-to-year change in purchasing power adjusted GDP per capita is negative)

Random effects model
O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-b b = +.03 ns CHANGE AVERAGE happiness, by interaction variable Ideology*crisis in nation.

B controlled for:
- Happiness 1 year before (to caputure CHANGE)
- Crisis
- Government ideology

Random effects model