Figure 10. Distribution of Estimates of the Within-Country Life Satisfaction-Income Gradient
Number of countries
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12.
10.
8.
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4.
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HTI
Mean=.38
PAN
BGD
UKR
SWE
AGO
SLE
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ISR |
MOZ | |||
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ARG |
LTU | |||
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BOL |
USA | |||
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BDI ARM |
PER |
PRT | ||
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DOM MEX ITA IND |
IRL |
SGP |
FIN | |
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TZA NPL PRY IDN |
VNM |
SLV |
NOR | |
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NGA TJK NER MDG |
ВШ |
URY |
TWN |
BGR |
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UGA MDA JPN ECU |
GBR |
CHL |
HKG |
AZE NIC |
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BEN PRI DNK BWA |
CHN |
HRV |
KHM |
RUS MKD |
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CUB BRA MWI CMR VEN |
UNK |
RWA |
ZAF |
COL SRB |
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ETH MRT MNE GHA CRI AUS |
TTO |
FRA |
ROM |
CYP EST GRC CHE SVN CZE |
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AFG ZWE KGZ MYS BLR SEN |
THA |
GEO |
NZL |
MMR BEL AUT ALB HUN NLD |
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TCD BFA MLI ZMB KAZ GTM |
TGO |
ESP |
KOR |
JAM CAN POL HND DEU SVK |
DZA
-.1. 0. .1 .2. .3. .4 .5. .6 .7 .8 .9
Estimated life satisfaction-income gradient
Source: Gallup World Poll, 2006.
Notes: Figure plots the distribution of regression coefficients for 113 developed and developing countries from country-specific ordered probit regressions of satisfaction on log household
income, controlling for gender, a quartic in age, and their interaction.
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