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 sex enjoyment

Our Classification

Distribution

Males:     M = 1,9;  SD = 1,0
Females: M = 0,9;  SD = 1,0

Operationalization

Single question: " How much pleasure or enjoyment do you have during sex relations at the present time?"
0= none
1= mild
2= moderate
3= very much
Assessed at T1.

Observed Relation with Happiness