Wessman (1956): study US 1946
Publication
- Author(s):
- Wessman, A.E.
- Title:
- A Psychological Inquiry into Satisfaction and Happiness.
- Source:
- Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Princeton University, 1956, USA
Investigation
- Public
- 21+ aged, general public, USA, 1946
- Survey name
- Gallup poll
- Sample
- Non-probability purposive-quota sample
- Respondents
- N = 2377
- Non Response
- -
- Assessment
-
Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
In general, how happy would you say you are..?
4 very happy
3 fairly happy
2 not very happy
1 not at all happy
- NA/DK - Classification:
- O-HL-g-sq-v-4-b
- Author's label:
- Avowed happiness
- Remarks:
- 4- step scale reduced to 3 by combining response options 1 and 2. On this reduced 3-step scale: M = 2.31, Sd = 0.63
- Page in publication:
- 170
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 1%, 2: 7%, 3: 45%, 4: 46% (total 99%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.37 7.55
- SD:
- 0.66 1.85