Fiske & Chiriboga (1985): study US 1969
Publication
- Author(s):
- Fiske, M.; Chiriboga, D.A.
- Title:
- The Interweaving of Societal and Personal Change in Adulthood.
- Source:
- Munnichs, J.M.;et al;Eds.: "Life-Span and Change in a Gerontal Perspective", Academic Press, 1985, New York, USA, 177 - 209
Investigation
- Public
- People in transition, followed 5 years,USA, 1969-1974
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 189
- Non Response
- Sample attrition: 12,5%
- Assessment
-
Interview: face-to-face
Lengthy interviews
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
In general, how happy are you these days .....?
3 very happy
2 pretty happy
1 not too happy - Classification:
- O-HL-c-sq-v-3-cb
- Author's label:
- HAPPINESS
- Remarks:
- T1: M = 1,86 T2: M = 1,63 T3: M = 1,71
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 1.73 -
- SD:
- - -