Study Napier & Jost (2008): study US 2000

Public

Voters, before and after presidential election, USA, 2000

Sample

Respondents

N = 1142

Non Response

not reported

Assessment

Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)
T1: face-to-face or telephone interview; T2: telephone interview

Correlate

Authors's Label

Political orientation

Our Classification

Error Estimates

Inter item correlation: r=.46; p>.001

Remarks

Scores adjusted for non response, within-household selection, poststratification of age and education, and attrition from T1 to T2.

Operationalization

Mean of responses on 2 questions:
a: ideology: (liberal vs conservative)
b: party affiliation (Democrats vs Republican).
Each rated on a 7-point numerical scale: 1 strong liberal/Democrat to 7 strong conservative/Republican.

Assessed at T1

Observed Relation with Happiness