APPENDIX TABLE A3.

Unweighted sample characteristics by country (N=201,988)

Country	Number of respondents	Mean happiness	Mean number of children	Mean age	Percent married
All countries	201,988	3.03	1.97	41.5	61.9
Tanzania	1,001	3.49	2.81	38.3	52.9
El Salvador	977	3.47	2.39	37.7	39.4
Venezuela	2,104	3.46	2.27	36.4	41.6
Nigeria	3,872	3.39	2.23	32.5	56.9
Netherlands	1,313	3.38	2.02	43.9	70.4
Ireland	1,147	3.37	2.65	45.7	67.8
Saudi Arabia	1,303	3.34	2.19	32.2	59.6
Switzerland	1,976	3.34	1.59	49.2	56.3
Trinidad and Tobago	973	3.34	2.09	42.4	38.8
United States	3,962	3.34	2.02	45.9	59.2
Sweden	2,466	3.33	1.55	45.8	49.8
Australia	2,998	3.32	1.82	45.8	56.3
Thailand	1,477	3.32	2.16	45.6	69.7
Belgium	3,516	3.31	1.81	46.4	64.8
Malaysia	1,195	3.31	1.64	31.8	50.0
Colombia	2,962	3.30	1.99	36.6	42.0
Luxembourg	589	3.30	1.41	42.5	61.5
Denmark	674	3.27	2.29	47.2	75.5
New Zealand	930	3.27	2.13	46.2	60.7
Philippines	1,181	3.27	2.74	38.8	72.6
United Kingdom	2,412	3.26	1.53	46.3	65.8
Cyprus	1,031	3.26	1.71	41.6	64.8
Norway	952	3.25	1.69	43.4	55.2
Vietnam	2,412	3.25	2.37	41.5	74.3
Canada	3,026	3.24	1.89	44.3	55.2
Ghana	1,421	3.24	1.99	33.9	46.2
Austria	2,549	3.23	1.76	46.8	65.9
Andorra	936	3.21	1.05	40.4	40.0
Mali	981	3.21	2.87	36.7	69.5
Mexico	5,154	3.20	2.48	37.2	56.5
South Africa	7,461	3.20	1.98	38.5	45.9
France	2,683	3.19	1.97	44.8	62.4
Malta	931	3.19	1.95	45.6	70.1
Finland	1,696	3.17	1.60	44.9	43.9
Indonesia	2,515	3.17	2.16	39.2	17.7
Japan	3,487	3.16	1.80	47.4	80.2
Uganda	526	3.12	2.21	31.4	43.7
Taiwan	1,875	3.11	2.01	42.8	68.8
Argentina	2,590	3.10	2.11	43.6	55.4
Chile	4,040	3.10	2.26	41.8	58.2
Brazil	3,703	3.09	2.24	39.2	52.1
Turkey	7,545	3.07	2.20	36.9	72.5
Dominican Republic	325	3.06	1.19	28.8	32.6
Spain	7,617	3.04	1.98	46.1	67.4
Kyrgyzstan	982	3.03	2.05	37.3	60.2
Morocco	2,318	3.03	1.79	35.6	55.6
Uruguay	909	3.01	1.98	46.5	56.2
Germany, West	3,981	3.01	1.53	46.1	60.1
Korea, South	2,388	3.00	1.65	40.0	66.6
Burkina Faso	1,170	2.99	2.52	34.3	55.2
Egypt	5,636	2.99	2.68	39.8	72.7
India	6,556	2.99	2.67	40.2	85.7
Algeria	835	2.98	2.29	37.3	52.8
Italy	3,971	2.98	1.52	45.2	66.3
Bangladesh	2,833	2.96	2.33	34.6	76.7
China	4,541	2.96	1.88	41.9	86.1
Pakistan	2,525	2.96	2.19	37.3	69.8
Rwanda	1,336	2.96	2.40	34.4	52.5
Peru	3,754	2.94	2.04	36.2	40.9
Germany, East	2,741	2.93	1.64	46.2	59.9
Jordan	1,109	2.91	3.09	36.3	67.4
Poland	3,657	2.91	1.94	46.3	65.8
Czech Republic	4,554	2.89	1.73	46.7	66.1
Azerbaijan	1,698	2.88	1.76	36.5	63.3
Ethiopia	1,406	2.87	1.03	29.9	39.7
Portugal	1,109	2.85	1.62	42.5	60.4
Croatia	1,992	2.84	1.42	41.7	63.2
Macedonia	1,608	2.83	1.68	42.2	73.4
Iran	1,992	2.82	1.78	34.3	56.9
Slovenia	1,889	2.80	1.52	44.3	60.3
Hungary	1,919	2.78	1.65	47.1	65.7
Zambia	1,035	2.77	1.72	29.4	31.0
Latvia	1,087	2.72	1.29	42.7	52.4
Georgia	1,934	2.71	1.43	40.7	60.5
Slovakia	3,116	2.70	1.88	44.3	69.4
Estonia	962	2.65	1.49	43.6	57.0
Zimbabwe	809	2.65	2.71	35.5	60.4
Ukraine	3,001	2.58	1.48	45.0	67.7
Armenia	1,785	2.56	1.72	38.3	59.3
Lithuania	863	2.55	1.63	44.5	66.9
Romania	2,697	2.54	1.60	46.3	69.0
Bulgaria	2,490	2.50	1.55	45.9	70.3
Russia	1,786	2.50	1.56	46.6	62.7
Moldova	2,764	2.47	1.77	42.8	67.5
Albania	1,877	2.43	2.14	40.9	71.9
Belarus	1,869	2.43	1.63	44.1	65.6

NOTE: Happiness is measured on a linear scale from 1 (not at all happy) to 4 (very happy).

SOURCE: World Values Surveys 1981–2005.