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

Perceived overall life quality compared to compatriots

Our Classification

Operationalization

Closed question: "If all the adults in the United States were represented by cards - one person per card - and if you were sorting everyone into seven piles ordered from those who had the best kind of life to those who had the worst kind of life, some people would have to fall in the middle pile. We have drawn a line to represent the height of the pile of cards, representing people in the middle group. Draw lines up from each of the other six points to show about how many people you think would be in the other piles. Just make your best guess. Draw a circle around the letter under the pile in which you would put your own life."
On the bases of the responses two measures were derived.
a category selected as the one "in
   which you would put your own life"
b decile position, as calculated from
   respondent's perceived position
   within the distribution he gave

Observed Relation with Happiness