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
- Change in employment
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Computed for chief wage owners only.
- Operationalization
- Change in employment over 10 months period.
Employment status assessed at:
T1: January 1963
T3: Oktober 1963
- Falling unemployed
0 stayed employed
1 fell unemployed
- Getting employed
0 stayed unemployed
1 got employed
- Staying unemployed
0 stayed employed
1 stayed unemployed
Observed Relation with Happiness
Happiness (Affect Balance) assessed at T1 and T3.
Change in happiness expressed in change in average ridits (RT).
- T1 employed, T3 employed RT=.49
- T1 employed, T3 unemployed RT=.36
- T1 unemployed, T3 employed RT=.53
- T1 unemployed, T3 unemployed RT=.48
Ridit analysis compares distribution in category with distribution in total sample. RT above .50 means relative increase, RT below .50 relative decrease.