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Correlational findings

Study Palmore & Luikart (1972): study US 1968

Public
46+ aged, whites, North Carolina, USA, 1968-70
Sample
Respondents
N = 502
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
One whole-day interviews, tests and examinations.

Correlate

Authors's Label
Upward career anchorage
Our Classification
Distribution
M=2   SD=1.2
Operationalization
6-item index of forced choice statements measuring wheter a person tends to evaluate success in terms of how far a person has come (downward anchorage) or in terms of how far a person has to go before he reaches the top of his career (upward anchorage).
(Career-Anchorage Scale; see Tausky & Dubin, 1965).
0= downward answer
1= upward answer
Range 0 -6

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks C-BW-c-sq-l-10-ca r = +.03 ns