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
Mailed questionnaire
Correlate
- Authors's label
- Poor physical health
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- 2-item index of closed questions on:
- general health (poor/ fair/ good/
excellent)
- number of times one stayed at a
hospital, sanitorium, or nursing
home during the past 5 years.
Dichotomized into:
0: good health
1: poor health
Observed Relation with Happiness
0: good health 73.2% AR= .54
1: poor health 36.8% AR= .43
The average ridits (AR) were calculated with
the distribution of the total sample as reference