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

Earlier happiness

Our Classification

Remarks

CHANGE in overall happiness (O-HL) by CHANGE in hedonic level of affect (A-AB) Hedonic level of affect assessed at T1, T2 and T3.

Operationalization

Single direct question: Taking all things together. How happy would you say you are: Would you say you are;
- very happy    (3)
- pretty happy  (2)
- not too happy (1)
(O-HL)

Assessed at
T1: January 1963
T3: Oktober 1963

Observed Relation with Happiness