This study attempts to determine what makes people happy using information provided by the World Values Survey augmented by several country- level datasets. To solve methodological problems evident in previous work a random coefficient multilevel model is employed to account for the fact that individuals are nested within countries. People who feel unfree in free countries feel less happy than those who feel unfree in unfree countries. East Europeans feel less free and less satis?ed with their lives than other nationals, but a personal feeling of freedom increases their life satisfaction at a higher rate. Blue collar workers feel less happy than other occupational groups, and people living in larger cities feel less happy than people living in smaller towns.