Table 6.
Multi-level model explaining life satisfaction
| Predictors | Dependent variable: life satisfaction 1995–2005 |
|---|---|
| Intercept | .59 (60.80)*** |
| Societal-level effects | |
| Agentic strategies (prevalence) | .27 (4.58)*** |
| Western tradition | .17 (4.99)*** |
| Individual-level effects | |
| Biological age | −.01 (−2.62)*** |
| Female sex | .01 (6.09)*** |
| Income level | .04 (7.18)*** |
| Education level | Not significant |
| Communion emphasis | .10 (6.69)*** |
| Agentic strategies (prevalence) | Not significant |
| Western tradition | Not significant |
| Monetary saturation | .53 (25.46)*** |
| Agentic strategies (prevalence) | −.41 (−3.30)*** |
| Western tradition | Not significant |
| Agency feeling | .21 (10.93)*** |
| Agentic strategies (prevalence) | .49 (3.34)*** |
| Western tradition | Not significant |
| Agency × saturation | −.06 (−4.38)*** |
| Agentic strategies (prevalence) | Not significant |
| Western tradition | Not significant |
| Agency × communion | Not significant |
| Agentic strategies (prevalence) | Not significant |
| Western tradition | Not significant |
| Communion × saturation | −.07 (−3.25)** |
| Agentic strategies (prevalence) | Not significant |
| Western tradition | Not significant |
| Explained variances | |
| Within-society variation of DV | 36.0% |
| Between-society variation of DV | 47.6% |
| Variation in effect of communion | 0% |
| Variation in effect of saturation | 85.4% |
| Variation in effect of agency | 55.1% |
| N | 155,611 Respondents in 76 societies |
Entries are unstandardized regression coefficients with T-ratios in parentheses. Individual-level variables are centered on society means; society-level variables are centered on the global mean. Models calculated with HLM 6.01. Pooled data are from WVS rounds III (1995–1997), to V (2005–2007). Significance levels: * p < .10; ** p < .01; *** p < .001