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Studies

Smith (1979): study US 1963

Publication

Author(s):
Smith, T.W.
Title:
Happiness: Time Trends, Seasonal Variations, Intersurvey Differences, and Other Mysteries.
Source:
Social Psychology Quarterly, 1979, Vol. 42, 18 - 30

Investigation

Public
Adults, age range not reported, general public, United States, 1963
Survey name
US-NORC-160
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 1501
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taken all together, how would you say things are these days?   Would you say that you are....?
3  very happy
2  pretty happy
1  not too happy
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa
Page in publication:
22
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 17%,   2: 51%,   3: 32%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.15 7.09
SD:
0.68 1.78