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Correlational findings

Study Abbott et al. (2011): study KG 2001

Public
Adults, general public, Kyrgyzstan 2001
Survey name
Social Development S
Sample
Respondents
N = 2000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Trust government
Our Classification
Remarks
Order changed by WhDT
Distribution
67.2% trust president of country
60.5% trust national government
52.7% trust national parliament
55.6% trust regional government
38.1% trust political parties
Operationalization
Self report in question on trust in:
a) national government
b) president of country
c) national parliament
d) regional parliament
e) political parties

1: low trust
:
:
:
4: high trust

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-v-4-c Beta = +.09 p < .05 Beta controled for:
- age
- gender
- judgement of economic situation
  - sufficiency of income
  - economic situation of household (good\bad)
- social cohesion
  - trust in people
  - fear of crime
- social integration
  - social resources
  - active in organizations
  - feeling lonely
  - social contacts
  - friends
  - married
  - employed
  - nationality
- empowerment
  - sense of control
  - health
  - education
  - perceived freedom