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Defined as the difference between the mean life satisfaction of people with tertiary attainment and the mean life satisfaction of people with secondary education.
Period:
Area:
10 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 0.62010
2 Republic of Korea0.52010
2 United States0.52010
4 Australia0.42010
4 France0.42010
4 United Kingdom0.42010
7 Canada0.32010
7 Germany0.32010
9 Italy0.22010
10 Sweden0.12010

Source
OECD (2011) How's Life? Measuring Well-being

Original source
OECD's calculations based on data from the Gallup World Poll.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -1.919950 X +7.476
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.599
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.359

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -10942.835821 X +53782.149
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.139
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 0.582090 X +81.675
Correlation coefficient (r)0.044
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -0.419900 X +1.617
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.227
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 17.716418 X +7.415
Correlation coefficient (r)0.444
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.197