Study Gurin et al. (1960): study US 1957
- Public
- 21+ aged, general public, USA,1957
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 2460
- Non Response
- 13%; 5% not at home, 8% refusals
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview at home
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Perceived sources ofunhappiness
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- If a specific source of dissatisfaction is men- tioned more often by the 'very happy' than by the 'not too happy' a positive relationship is assum- ed, if reversed a negative one.
- Operationalization
- Open-ended question: "What are some of the things you're not too happy about these days?"