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Laboratory for comparative social research. HAPPINESS AND LIFE SATISFACTION AS INDICATORS OF SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE. Progress report Svetlana Kroitor August, 2011 Pushkin. The main results of the 1 st research phase. HYPOTHESIS: .
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Laboratory for comparative social research HAPPINESS AND LIFE SATISFACTION AS INDICATORS OF SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE Progress report Svetlana Kroitor August, 2011 Pushkin
HYPOTHESIS: CORRELATION BETWEEN HAPPINESS AND LIFE SATISFACTION INCREASES WITH OBJECTIVE IMPOVEMENT OF PEOPLE’S LIFE QUALITY IN ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SPHERE
MAIN TASK: TO STUDY HOW COUNTRY-LEVEL CHARACTERISTICS INCLUDING THE LEVEL OF ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS’ DEVELOPMENT AFFECT HAPPINESS-SATISFACTION AT THE INDIVIDUAL LEVEL
DATA SOURCES • WVS datasets (1981–2007); • statistics of UNDP, World Bank, Freedom House
The scatter plot illustrating the relative position of every country according to its happiness-satisfaction correlation and GDP per capita
The scatter diagram illustrating the relative position of every country according to its happiness-satisfaction correlation and Gini Index
The scatter diagram illustrating the relative position of every country according to its happiness-satisfaction correlation and Good Governance Index
The scatter diagram illustrating the relative position of every country according to its happiness-satisfaction correlation and Human Development Index
CLUSTER ANALYSISOF STATES BY ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL FACTORS AND HAPPINESS-SATISFACTION CORRELATION WITH THE PRELIMINARY FACTOR ANALYSIS Next step: