Study Veroff et al. (1981): study US 1976
- Public
- 21+ aged, general public, USA, 1976
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 2264
- Non Response
- 29%
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Sources of happiness
- Our Classification
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- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Open-ended question: "What are some of
the things you feel pretty happy about these days?".
Observed Relation with Happiness
- Economic and material +.04 +.06
- Children +.05 +.02
- Marriage +.21 +.16
- Other interpersonal +.10 +.03
- Job +.02 +.03
- Own health -.07 -.07
- Family's health +.02 +.01
- Independence +.02 +.04
- Personal char. +.01 +.04
- Community, national
and world problems - -