Study Scherpenzeel (2001): study CH Bern 1999

Public

15+ aged, general public, household members, Bern, Switzerland 1999

Sample

Respondents

N = 864

Non Response

70%

Assessment

Interview: computer assisted (CAPI)
Also telephone (CATI).

Correlate

Authors's Label

CATI versus CAPI

Our Classification

Distribution

CATI Mean = 7.95 SD = 1.65
CAPI Mean = 8.11 SD = 1.49

Operationalization

Happiness of the same respondents assessed in two interviews with one month interval using two methods of interogation:
A: Computer Assisted Telephone Interviews (CATI)
B: Computer Assisted Personal Interviews (CAPI)

Experimental group 1 was interviewed using CATI at the first interview and CAPI at the second. Experimental group 2 first CAPI and next CATI.Average reported here.

Observed Relation with Happiness