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

Interview: face-to-face
Repeated interviews at home using highly structured questionnaires

Correlate

Authors's Label

Amount of worries

Our Classification

Remarks

Data T1. Results T3 similar. Not computed for summed ABS.

Operationalization

12-item index of questions on worries during the past few weeks about:
Each rated yes/no.
1.  not having enough money
2.  financial debts
3.  work
4.  getting along with wife / husband /
    girlfriend / boyfriend
5.  moving ahead in the world
6.  one's children
7.  sexual problems
8.  people one has troubles with
9.  health
10. things that happen in one's neigh-
    bourhood
11. world situation
12. growing old

(Adapted from Srole et al., 1962).

Observed Relation with Happiness