Study Palmore (1981): study US 1968

Public

46+ aged whites, North Carolina, USA, followed from 1968 to 1976.

Sample

Respondents

N = 375

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face
Whole-day interviews, tests and examinations. Rounds in longitudinal study; examined period: 1968/70 N=502, 1970/72 N= 443, 1972/74 N= 378, 1974/76 N= 375

Correlate

Authors's Label

T1 self rated health

Our Classification

Operationalization

Direct question rated on a 10-point self-anchoring scale (based on Cantril, 1965) with the bottom of the ladder (zero) representing the most serious illness and the top of the ladder (9) representing perfect health.
Assessed at T1.

Observed Relation with Happiness