Study Manning-Gibbs (1972): study US 1946
- Public
- Adults, general public, USA, 1946-1966
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 25617
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- White race
- Our Classification
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- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- 0: Black
1: White
Observed Relation with Happiness
Response formats of happiness question very slightly over the years.
1946 1956 1966
total population :+.04(ns) +.26(01) +.37(01)
college graduate :-.11(ns) +.50(01) +.64(01)
college incomplete:+.15(ns) +.50(01) +.29(ns)
high school grad. :+.00(ns) +.38(01) +.60(01)
high sch. incompl.:+.08(ns) +.21(05) +.40(01)
8th grade & less :-.11(ns) +.04(ns) +.09(ns)
professionals :-.03(ns) +.38(05) +.72(01)
business ex. :+.26(ns) +.52(01) +.82(01)
white collar :+.22(ns) +.32(05) +.54(01)
skilled workers :+.11(ns) +.34(01) +.30(05)
semi- & unsk.work.:-.22(01) +.16(05) +.19(05)
service workers :+.03(ns) +.26(05) +.36(01)
farmers :+.14(ns) -.08(ns) +.00(ns)
non-manual :-.17(05) -.41(01) -.68(01)
manual :+.04(ns) -.22(05) -.29(01)
high income :+.04(ns) +.80(01)
average income :+.08(ns) +.43(01)
low income :-.02(ns) +.13(05)
city size:
500,000 + :+.03(ns) +.35(01) +.03(ns)
100,000-499,999 :+.08(ns) +.24(01) +.08(ns)
10,000-99,999 :+.02(ns) +.39(01) +.50(01)
2500-9999 :+.03(ns) +.84(01)
rural non-farm :-.32(ns) +.10(ns) +.01(ns)
farm :+.11(ns) -.04(ns) +.34(ns)
non-south :-.06(ns) -.29(01) -.30(01)
south :-.07(ns) -.14(05) -.12(05)
age 70+ :-.11(ns) +.23(ns) -.08(ns)
age 60-69 :-.29(05) -.03(ns) +.49(05)
age 50-59 :+.03(ns) +.05(ns) +.30(ns)
age 40-49 :+.17(ns) +.08(ns) +.60(01)
age 30-39 :+.19(05) +.48(01) +.44(01)
age 20-29 :+.03(ns) +.46(01) +.35(05)