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Study Headey & Wearing (1981): study AU AU Victoria 1978

Public: Adults, general public, Melbourne, Australia, 1978-1981
Sample
Respondents: N = 31
Non Response: 0
Assessment: Interview: face-to-face
31 respondents surveyed in 1978, to be re-surveyed in January 1981 were interviewed in-depth in December 1980/January 1981 by a qualified psychologist

Authors's Label

Satisfaction with life-as-a-whole

Our Classification

Remarks

only 23 of 31 respondents interviewed were available for scores of the survey

Operationalization

Selfreport on single question asked twice: How do you feel about your life as a whole?; scored on the 1-9 D-T scale

Happiness Measure

Statistics

Elaboration / Remarks

r = +.43 p < .05

Self-rating (from survey) by coder(1)-rating (from interview) both on the same 1-9 D-T scale

r = +.33 ns

Self-rating (from survey) by coder(2)-rating (from interview) both on the same 1-9 D-T scale