Study Bradburn (1969): study US 1963
- Public:
- 21-60 aged, urban areas, USA, 1963 - 64
- Sample:
- Respondents:
- N = 2787
- Non Response:
- ± 20%, Attrition ± 30%
- Assessment:
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Interview: face-to-face
Repeated interviews at home using highly structured questionnaires
Correlate
- Authors's label
- Wish to change life
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Single direct question: "Think of how your life is going now: do you whish you could change some parts of it?"
1. like to continue in much the same
way.
2. change some parts.
3. change many parts.
Observed Relation with Happiness
Index of Negative Affects: G= +.34 (05)
Females: G= -.71