Figure A5. Alternative Estimates of Average Life Satisfaction: World Values Survey
Life satisfaction: ordered probit index
Sources: World Values Surveys, 1981-2004.
Notes: Each point shows the estimated average level of satisfaction 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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