Noelle-Neumann (1977a): study XZ Germany West 1974
Publication
- Author(s):
- Noelle-Neumann, E.
- Title:
- Politik und Glück. (Politics and Happiness).
- Source:
- Baier, H.;Ed.: "Freiheit und Sachzwang", West Deutscher Verlag, 1977, Opladen, Germany, 208 - 262
Investigation
- Public
- Adults, general public, West-Germany, 1974
- Survey name
- DE-Allensbacher Survey
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 2029
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
- 
            Interviewer rating of cheerfulness:
 
 Altogether the respondent looks.....
 2 quite cheerful
 1 not too cheerful
 - difficult to say
 
 Part of the 8 item Allensbacher Ausdrücktest which also involves ratings of cheerful appearance in: look, mouth, posture, movements, eyes, elbows and lips. This general rating is the last item in the test.
- Classification:
- A-CA-mh-ri-v-2-b
- Author's label:
- Cheerful appearance (Fröhlich Aussehen)
- Full text:
- 
            Self report on single question:
 
 When somebody would say about you, 'this person is very happy', is he right or wrong......?
 3 right
 2 fifty-fifty
 1 wrong
 - difficult to say.
- Classification:
- O-HP-u-sq-v-3-b
- Page in publication:
- 210
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 10.3%, 2: 47%, 3: 30% (total 87.3%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.23 -
- SD:
- 0.64 -