Study Thoits & Hewitt (2001): study US 1986

Public

25+ aged, general public, USA, 1986-1989

Sample

Respondents

N = 2867

Non Response

T1: 33% T2: 21%

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face
At home

Correlate

Authors's Label

Organizational participation

Our Classification

Distribution

T1: M= 1.8  SD= 1.8

Operationalization

Asked how often you usually attended meetings or programs of groups, clubs, or organizations to which you belonged.
0= never
1= less than once a month
2= about once a month
3= 2 or 3 times a month
4= once a week
5= more than once a week

Observed Relation with Happiness