Correlational findings | World Database of Happiness

Study Sullivan et al. (1991): study US 1988

Public:: Former inpatients of mental hospital, Mississipi, 1988
Sample:
Respondents:: N = 130
Non Response:: 22%
Assessment:: Interview: face-to-face
At home by mental health case managers

Correlate

Authors's label

normal vs mentally ill

Our Classification

Operationalization

1 Non-mentally-ill
  a national population
  b low socio-economic subsample
  c black-subsample

2 Seriously mentally ill
  a Missisippi
  b Los Angeles
  c Maryland

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure

Statistics

Elaboration / Remarks

O-DT-u-sq-v-7-a

DM = -

1. Non-mentally-ill       M = 5.3
   a national population  M = 5.4
   b low socio-economic   M = 5.1
   c black-subsample      M = 4.8

2 seriously mentally ill  M = 4.7
   a Missisippi           M = 5.3
   b Los Angeles          M = 4.4
   c Maryland             M = 5.2