Study Bradburn & Caplovitz (1965): study US Illinois 1962
- Public
- Adult, general public, 4 towns, varying in economic prosperity, Illinois, USA, 1962
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 2006
- Non Response
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- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Uncontrollable worries
- Our Classification
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- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Response to single question:
"Last week how often did you think about ...."
A. Growing old
B. Death
C. Health
D. Atom bomb or fallout
Rated: not at all / sometimes / often
Observed Relation with Happiness
Low S.E.S. : G' = -.52 (01)
B. Low S.E.S.-group only : G' = -.34 (01)
C. High S.E.S. : G' = -.31 (01)
Low S.E.S. : G' = -.37 (01)
D. High S.E.S. : G' = -.04 (ns)
Low S.E.S. : G' = -.26 (05)