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World Database of Happiness

World Database of Happiness. Ruut Veenhoven Erasmus University Rotterdam Presentation at meeting on Measuring subjective well-being: An opportunity for National Statistical Offices? OECD and ISQOLS, Firenze Italy, July 24 2009. World Database of Happiness (WDH).

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World Database of Happiness

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  1. World Database of Happiness Ruut VeenhovenErasmus University RotterdamPresentation at meeting onMeasuring subjective well-being: An opportunity for National Statistical Offices? OECD and ISQOLS, Firenze Italy, July 24 2009

  2. World Database of Happiness (WDH) • Why happiness is a topic for NSO’s • WDH: catalogue of happiness research • What use the WDH is for NSO’s • What NSO’s can add to the WDH

  3. Why happiness is a topic for NSO’s • Most inclusive measure of QOL • Highly valued • Easily measured • Well comparable

  4. Four qualities of life

  5. Four qualities of life

  6. Analogous concepts in biology

  7. Analogous concepts in biology

  8. Four qualities of life

  9. World Database of Happiness (WDH) • Aims • History • Collections • Uses • Impact

  10. World Database of Happiness (WDH)Aim Accumulation of knowledge on happiness • Gather all research findings • Prepare for research synthesis • Describe in same language • Present in same format • Transform to comparable metrics

  11. World Database of Happiness (WDH)History • Review article on 11 studies 1970s Findings on cards in box 1980s Findings in books 1990s Findings on website 2000s Improvement of website

  12. World Database of Happiness (WDH)Collections • Bibliography 5671 • Measures of happiness 1164 • Distributional findings • in nations 3904 • In publics 1843 • Correlational findings 11058

  13. World Database of Happiness (WDH)Uses • Synthesis of past research • Narrative review • Quantitative meta-analysis • Planning of new research • White spots • Comparable indicators

  14. World Database of Happiness (WDH)Organization • Legal form: university project • Finance: Erasmus University Dutch Science Foundation • Staff 4 fte, 25 persons - 5 paid - 20 volunteers

  15. World Database of Happiness (WDH)Impact • Visits since 2000 210.000 • Hits in Google Scholar: 28.600 • Mentions in quality papers xxx

  16. What use WDH is for NSO’s • Overview of literature • Overview of measures of happiness • Source of comparison • Publication platform

  17. What NSO’s can add to the WDH • Add publications • Add research findings • Participate in Scale Interval Study Appoint a ‘country correspondent’

  18. What NSO’s can add to the WDHParticipate in Scale Interval Study Problem • Different survey questions on happiness used • Hence limited comparison • across time • across nations Solution • Rate happiness-intensity of response options • Compute means on common 0-10 scale

  19. World Database of Happiness http://worlddatabaseofhappiness.eur.nl

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