Study Andrews & Withey (1976): study US 1973 /1

Public

18+ aged, general public, USA, 1973/7

Sample

Respondents

N = 222

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face
Using highly structured questionnaires.

Correlate

Authors's Label

Weeks unhappy

Our Classification

Remarks

Happines measure M-TH

Operationalization

Closed question: "Think back over what your life has been like during the past ten weeks. It may help to try to remember some of the specific things that happened to you, or which you did during this period. Your answers should add up to ten weeks. For what part of that time did you feel delighted about your life as a whole?
1 pleased
2 mostly satisfied
3 mixed - about equally satisfied and dissatisfied
4 mostly dissatisfied
5 unhappy
6 terrible

Measure: number of weeks felt unhappy

Observed Relation with Happiness