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
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Interview: face-to-face
using highly structured questionnaires
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Past change in overall happiness: Past progress
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Question asked twice. Summation: arithmetic mean. Happiness measure type O-DT
- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Difference in response to the following questions:
a "Where was your life most of the
time during the past year?"
b "Where was your life five years
ago?"
Both rated on a 9-point graphic scale ranging from best life (9) to worst life (1)
Observed Relation with Happiness
at the beginning of the interview: r=+.17
at the end of the interview: r=+.18