Gallup World Poll, 2006
“Now, please think about yesterday, from the morning until the end of the day. Think about where you were,
what you were doing, who you were with, and how you felt.”
|
Would you like to have more days like |
66.9 |
0.032** |
МЦ0.120*** |
|
yesterday? |
(0.016) |
(0.007) | |
|
Did you feel well rested? |
65.7 |
*0.027* |
***0.067*** |
|
(0.014) |
(0.006) | ||
|
Were you treated with respect? |
84.6 |
***0.146*** |
***0.135*** |
|
(0.028) |
(0.008) | ||
|
Were you able to choose how you spent your |
70.0 |
*0.035* |
***0.030*** |
|
time all day? |
(0.018) |
(0.006) | |
|
Did you smile or laugh a lot yesterday? |
70.6 |
***0.103*** |
***0.148*** |
|
(0.017) |
(0.007) | ||
|
Were you proud of something you did? |
59.3 |
0.012 |
***0.120*** |
|
(0.023) |
(0.007) | ||
|
Did you learn or do something interesting? |
52.5 |
0.029 |
***0.149*** |
|
(0.022) |
(0.007) | ||
|
Did you eat good tasting food? |
74.1 |
***0.194*** |
***0.222*** |
|
(0.021) |
(0.007) |
Notes: The (binary) dependent variable in each regression is the answer (yes or no) to the survey question. All regressions control for
respondent gender, a quartic in age, their interaction, and indicators for missing age or gender. Numbers in parentheses are robust standard
errors. Asterisks indicate statistical significance at the *10 percent, **5 percent, and ***1 percent level.
Between-country estimates: Probit regression of affect measure on log real GDP per capita, clustering standard errors by country. Sample
sizes vary by question, but the Gallup World Poll typically yielded around 134,000 respondents from 130 countries, while the World Values
Survey yielded around 66,000 respondents from 31 or 32 countries with nationally representative samples.
Within-country estimates: Probit regression on log household income, further controlling for country fixed effects (and hence exploiting only
within-country income comparisons). Because these regressions also require valid household income data, the sample size was smaller:
typically the Gallup World Poll yielded around 100,000 respondents from 113 countries, while the World Values Survey yielded around
42,000 respondents from 24 countries.
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