Study Martin & Lichter (1983): study US Michigan 1973

Public

16+ aged, employees, Michigan USA, followed 4 years, 1973-1977

Survey name

US-Quality of Employment Survey (QES) 1992-1977

Sample

Respondents

N = 827

Non Response

(43%)

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label

Past subjective well-being

Our Classification

Remarks

Assessed at T1 (1973) and T2 (1977)

Operationalization

Self-report on two questions:
a) Taking all things together, how would you say things are these days? Would you say you are:
  1: not too happy
  2: pretty happy
  3: very happy
b) In general, how satisfying do you find the ways you're spending your life these days? Would you call it:
  1: not very satisfying
  2: pretty satisfying
  3: very satisfying

Computation: A+B

Observed Relation with Happiness