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. 2026 Jun 22;21(5):3337–3348. doi: 10.1007/s11482-026-10623-5

Table 2.

Average correlation across countries of LS and LE with flourishing domains (N = 197,036)

Flourishing domain Life satisfaction Life evaluation
Happiness* 0.71 (0.04) 0.59 (0.04)
Physical & Mental Health 0.46 (0.03) 0.38 (0.03)
Meaning & Purpose 0.52 (0.03) 0.41 (0.04)
Character & Virtue 0.30 (0.03) 0.26 (0.03)
Close social relationships 0.46 (0.03) 0.36 (0.04)
Financial & material stability 0.34 (0.03) 0.33 (0.03)

Note. Reported estimates are the average correlation across countries of LS/LE with the indicators in each flourishing domain

LS, life satisfaction; LE, life evaluation

Omnibus Bernoulli test of proportions to test the H0: pLE= pLS; pLE, proportion of countries where the average correlation of LE is greater than the average correlation of LS with the items within the flourishing domain; pLS, proportion of countries where the average correlation of LS is greater than the average correlation of LE with the items within the flourishing domain

χ2(df = 1) = 65.5; p = 5.74e-16 

*The happiness domain comprises only a single item since LS is removed from it