Study Janz et al. (2001): study US Michigan 1996
- Public
- Medical Patients, Michigan, United States, followed 1 year, 199?
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 570
- Non Response
- 52%
- Assessment
- Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Earlier quality of life
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Assessed at T1 and T2: 12 months difference
- Operationalization
- "How has the overall quality of your life been during the past 4 weeks - that is, how have things been going foor you lately?"
Ratings from 1="not well at all" to 5="very well"
1 Same or better
0 Deteriorated
Observed Relation with Happiness
- improved: 24.6 %
- the same: 45.9 %
- deteriorated: 29.4 %
Initially least happy improved most, initially most happy improved least.
T1 happiness by T1-T2 maintenance or improvement.