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Correlational findings

Study Andrews & Withey (1976): study US 1972 /2

Public
18+ aged, general public, USA, Nov 1972
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Respondents
N = 1072
Non Response
38%
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
using highly structured questionnaires

Correlate

Authors's Label
Happiness
Our Classification
Remarks
Happiness measure type O-DT
Operationalization
Selfreport on single question:
How do you feel about how happy you are.....?
7  delighted
6  pleased
5  mostly satisfied
4  mixed (about equally satisfied and dissatisfied)
3  mostly
2  unhappy
1  terrible

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa r = +.57 A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a r = +.50 O-SLW-c-sq-n-7-a r = +.47 O-SLW-c-sq-n-7-a r = +.63 O-SLL-c-sq-v-3-a r = +.55 O-SLL-c-sq-v-3-a r = +.49 M-FH-u-sq-t-101-a r = +.39 M-FH-u-sq-t-101-a r = +.50 O-DT-u-sqt-v-7-a r = +.55 O-DT twice during the interview with and interval of about 10 minutes
Correlation with O-HL (asked once)
O-DT asked first: r=+.55
O-DT asked last : r=+.54
O-DT-u-sqt-v-7-a mr = +.71 O-DT twice during the interview with and interval of about 10 minutes
Correlation with O-HL (asked once):
- O-DT asked first: r=+.68
- O-DT asked last : r=+.74