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Studies

Campbell (1981): study US 1972

Publication

Author(s):
Campbell, A.
Title:
The Sense of Well-Being in America.
Source:
McGraw-Hill, 1981, New York, USA

Investigation

Public
Adults, age range not reported, general public, United States, 1972
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Probability sample (unspecified)
Respondents
N = 2369
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:
21
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 10%,   2: 66%,   3: 24%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.14 7.06
SD:
0.57 1.47