Figure A4. Alternative Estimates of Average Happiness: World Values Survey

100-
Percent quite or very happy
80.-
60-
40-

20-
Q-
y = 79.45+28.42*x [se=0.89]
Correlation=0.921.
2.
1.
0.
-1
-2.
2.0.
1.5
1.0.
0.5
0.0.
-0.5.
-1.0.
-1.5

-1.5. -1.0. -0.5 0.0.
0.5.
1.0 1.5
-1.5. -1.0. -0.5. 0.0, 0.5 1.0. 1.5.
Happiness: ordered probit index
Sources: World Values Surveys, 1981-2004.
Notes: Each point shows the estimated average level of happiness in one country, comparing one of four alternative metrics on the
vertical axis with the ordered probit index on the horizontal index. Dashed lines are fitted from the reported OLS regression;
dotted lines are fitted from lowess estimation.
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