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

Happiness 3 years ago

Our Classification

Operationalization

Selfreport of happiness at:

T1: My life could be happier than it is now
1  strongly agree
2  somewhat agree
3  somewhat disagree
4  stronly disagree

T2: Taking all together, how would you say things are these days? Would you say you are .....?
3   very happy
2   pretty happy
1   not too happy

T1-T2 difference 3 years

Observed Relation with Happiness