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
- Education
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- 8th grade or lest
part high school high school graduate
part college
college graduate or more
Observed Relation with Happiness
Happiness level in average ridits. (RT)
- 8th grade RT= .39
- part high school RT= .44
- high school RT= .50
- part college RT= .53
- college graduate RT= .57
- Strongest among <35 aged.
- The relation disappears largely when controlled
for income.
Ridit analysis compares distribution in category with distribution in total sample. RT above .50 means relative high level, RT below .50 relative low level.