Headey & Wearing (1981): study AU AU Victoria 1978
Publication
- Author(s):
- Headey, B.; Wearing, A.J.
- Title:
- Australians' Priorities, Satisfaction and Well-Being.
- Source:
- Monograph in Public Policy Studies, nr. 4, University of Melbourne, 1981, Australia
Investigation
- Public
- Adults, general public, Melbourne, Australia, 1978-1981
- Sample
- Probability simple random sample
- Respondents
- N = 31
- Non Response
- 0
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
31 respondents surveyed in 1978, to be re-surveyed in January 1981 were interviewed in-depth in December 1980/January 1981 by a qualified psychologist
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question asked twice
'How do you feel about your life as a whole?'
1 terrible
2 very unhappy
3 unhappy
4 mostly dissatisfied
5 mixed feelings
6 mostly satisfied
7 pleased
8 very pleased
9 delighted - Classification:
- O-DT-u-sqt-v-9-a
- Full text:
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In-depths interview by a qualified psychologist involving open questions and probes about various topics, such as activities, friendships, sources of self-self fulfilment and life-satisfaction. Transcripts of the interviews were then scored by two coders, who were unaware of the surveys results. The coders scored life-satisfaction using the following scale.
'How does the respondent feel about his/her life as a whole'?
1 terrible
2 very unhappy
3 unhappy
4 mostly dissatisfied
5 mixed feelings
6 mostly satisfied
7 pleased
8 very pleased
9 delighted - Classification:
- O-DT-u-fi-v-9-a
- Error estimates:
- Correlation between Coder 1 and Coder 2 +0.64
Correlational Findings
Method of interrogation
Rating of happiness by clinician
O-DT by O-further