Table 2 Estimated recent global trends and distribution

From: Feasible future global scenarios for human life evaluations

 

(1) Life today

(2) −Affect

(3) +Affect

(4) Log(GDP/capita)

(5) Life expectancy

(6) Giving

(7) Freedom of choice

(8) Corruption

(9) Social support

Global trend (country weights): 2P

.003

.002 †

.0002

.018 †

.29 †

−.0004

.004 †

−.002

−.002*

(.005)

(.0006)

(.0005)

(.002)

(.020)

(.001)

(.0010)

(.0009)

(.0006)

Global trend (country weights): annual

−.002

.002 †

−8e−05

.015 †

.27 †

−.0006

.003*

− .002

−.002 †

(.006)

(.0006)

(.0006)

(.002)

(.022)

(.001)

(.001)

(.0009)

(.0007)

Global trend (pop’n weights): 2P

−.006

.002

.0002

.037 †

.25 †

−.0006

.004*

−.003*

−.0007

(.023)

(.002)

(.0008)

(.009)

(.023)

(.002)

(.001)

(.001)

(.0009)

Global trend (pop’n weights): annual

−.012

.003

−.0003

.033*

.22 †

−.002

.003

−.004

−.001

(.025)

(.002)

(.0009)

(.011)

(.026)

(.003)

(.002)

(.001)

(.0009)

Fraction p ≤.05: 2P

.32

.23

.18

.76

1.00

.27

.27

.34

.21

Fraction p ≤.05: annual

.29

.31

.25

.81

.98

.30

.33

.31

.26

10th %ile: 2P

−.073

−.005

−.008

−.003

.12

−.016

−.008

−.013

−.008

10th %ile: annual

−.099

−.005

−.009

−.004

.12

−.018

−.010

−.018

−.012

30th %ile: 2P

−.017

−.002

−.002

.008

.16

−.006

−.002

−.006

−.003

30th %ile: annual

−.037

−.0006

−.003

.009

.16

−.007

−.002

−.009

−.004

50th %ile: 2P

.006

.001

.0006

.017

.22

−.001

.002

−.003

−.001

50th %ile: annual

−.0002

.003

.0009

.020

.23

−.003

.004

−.003

−.001

70th %ile: 2P

.034

.005

.003

.028

.32

.004

.011

.001

.0006

70th %ile: annual

.031

.009

.005

.029

.33

.003

.011

.002

.003

90th %ile: 2P

.077

.010

.009

.043

.55

.016

.017

.010

.006

90th %ile: annual

.086

.018

.012

.047

.51

.017

.021

.011

.010

  1. The first four rows show estimated global trends for the period 2005–2016 and between the periods 2005–2007 and 2014–2016. The 2P versions of the five quantiles of the across-countries distributions are used to build our future scenarios
  2. Significance: †.1%, *1% 5%, 10%