Study Andrews & Withey (1976): study US 1973 /1
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, USA, 1973/7
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 222
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Using highly structured questionnaires.
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Weeks delighted_E
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Happiness measure type M-AO
- 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...mostly
4 dissatisfied
5 unhappy
6 terrible
Measure: number of weeks feeling delighted