Study Andrews & Withey (1976): study US 1973

Public

18+ aged, general public, USA, 1973/3

Survey name

Unnamed study

Sample

Respondents

N = 1433

Non Response

26%

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face
using highly structured questionnaires

Correlate

Authors's Label

Overall happiness Life 3

Our Classification

Remarks

Question asked twice. Summation: arithmetic mean. Happiness measure type O-DT

Related specification variables

Operationalization

Selfreport on single question:
How do you feel about your life as a whole......?
7  delighted
6  pleased
5  mostly satisfied
4  mixed
3  mostly dissatisfied
2  unhappy
1  terrible

Observed Relation with Happiness