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
- Marriage sociability
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- 4-item index of questions on shared activities in the past few weeks: Each rated yes/no.
1. visited friends together
2. gone out together
3. entertained friends in your home
4. eat out in a restaurant together
Observed Relation with Happiness
- Slightly related to positive affect. Not to
negative affect.
- Largely unaffected by SES.
- Most pronounced among high SES women.