Study Easterlin (1974): study US 1946 /1

Public

Adults, general public, USA, 1946-1970

Sample

Respondents

N = 29143

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label

NORC Polls Time Series

Our Classification

Remarks

NORC Polls in: Spring '57: 2460, Dec. '63: 1501, June '65: 1469

Distribution

Mean:  on original scale: 2,18, transformed to range 0-10: 5,89

Operationalization

Self report on single question:
Taking all things together, how would you say things are these days? Would you say you are...?
3   very happy
2   pretty happy
1   not too happy

Asked in 3 surveys between 1957-1965

Observed Relation with Happiness