Study Berkman (1971): study US Alameda County, California 1965
- Public
- Adults, general public, Alameda County, USA, 1965
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 6928
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Mailed questionnaire
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Poor interpersonal relations
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- 2-item index containing:
- the number of good friends
- the number of organizational member-
ships.
Rated as good(0) and poor(1)
Observed Relation with Happiness
0: good relations 71.5% AR= .53
1: poor relations 28.5% AR= .41
The average ridits (AR) were calculated with
the distribution of the total sample as reference