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Correlational findings

Study Tsai (2009): study ZZ World samples 1990

Public
18+ aged, 76 countries, 1990s
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurvey 1-3
Sample
Respondents
N = 80000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Average tariff
Our Classification
Operationalization
Higher values indicate higher average tariff rates in a nation.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-u-sq-n-10-a b = -.01 ns AVERAGE happiness by average tariff in 57 nations O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a b = -.02 p < .10 AVERAGE life satisfaction by average tariff in 66 nations

b controls for:
-GNI per capita
-GDP growth rate
-inflation
-Militarism index
-Latin America dummy
-Eastern Europe dummy