Study Ackerman & Paolucci (1983): study US 1974

Public

18+ aged, general public, USA, 1974

Sample

Respondents

N = 1064

Non Response

26%

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview

Correlate

Authors's Label

Subjective income adequacy

Our Classification

Operationalization

Single question:
"Do you feel that your total family income is enough for you and your family to live as comfortably as you would like at this time? Would you say 4 very comfortably
3 comfortably
2 not too comfortably
1 not at all comfortably?"

Observed Relation with Happiness