Berman (1972): study US 1972
Publication
- Author(s):
- Berman, J.J.
- Title:
- Parolees' Problems, Aspirations and Attitudes.
- Source:
- Dissertation, Northwestern University Evanston, 1972, Illinois, USA
Investigation
- Public
- Jail mates on parole, Illinois, USA, 197? Followed 9 month
- Sample
- Non-probability accidental sample
- Respondents
- N = 89
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Multiple assesment methods
Interviews could be completed in a half-hour, though the vast majority took well over an hour. Subjects elaborated. Mostly face-to-face interviews at the parolee's place of residence, while some took place in restaurants or bars and about 10 took place over the phone.
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question
Taking everything together, how happy are you with the way things are going in your life now?
6 completely satisfied
5 pretty much satisfied
4 slightly satisfied
3 slightly dissatisfied
2 pretty much dissatisfied
1 completely dissatisfied - Classification:
- O-SLS-c-sq-v-6-a
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Remarks:
- Respondents were first asked to pick between "Dissatisfied" and "Satisfied", then between "completely", "pretty much" and "slightly".
- Page in publication:
- 34
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 11%, 2: 11%, 3: 15%, 4: 12%, 5: 34%, 6: 17% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 6 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.98 -
- SD:
- 1.61 -