Study Veenhoven (1984): study ZZ 1974

Public

15+ aged, general public, 55 nations, 1974-1976

Sample

Respondents

N = 8433

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face
Conducted by Gallup bureaus in different countries.

Correlate

Authors's Label

Degree of 'interest democracy'

Our Classification

Related specification variables

Operationalization

Degree to which the political system leaves room for non-parliamentary articulation of interest; rated on the basis of the following indicators:
1. influence of 'organized' interest
   groups;
2. limitedness of the role of
   'institutional interest groups';
3. limitedness of the role of
   'ascriptive interest groups';
4. limitedness of the role of
   'irregular interest groups'.
Data drawn from Bertrand (1981:162).

Observed Relation with Happiness