Books by R. Veenhoven

I / Design.- 1. Purpose of the Study.- 2. The Concept of Happiness.- 3. Indicators of Happiness.- 4. Searching Empirical Happiness Studies.- 5. Presenting the Findings.- II / Excerpts.- III / Correlates.- IV / Public Happiness.- Appendix A Technical Terms Used in the Excerpts.- Appendix B Measures of Association Used in One or More of the Studies.- Appendix C Test Statistics Used in One or More of the Studies.- References.- Author Index.

The study draws on an inventory of empirical investigations which involved valid indicators of happiness; It tries to assess the reality value of the findings and the degree to which correlations reflect the conditions of happiness rather than the consequences of it.