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:
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Interview: face-to-face
At home
Correlate
- Authors's label
- Happiness 3 years ago
- Our Classification
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- 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
B controled for T2 social integration