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

Interviewer rating of life satisfaction

Our Classification

Remarks

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

Operationalization

Rating by interviewer of how respondent feels about life as a whole.
Rated on a 7-point scale: terrible/
unhappy/ mostly dissatisfied/ mixed/
mostly satisfied/ pleased/ delighted

Observed Relation with Happiness