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
- Earlier happiness
- Our Classification
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- 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
Hedonic level of affect in average ridits (RT):
T3 happiness
T1 happiness very pretty not too
- very .51 .44 .19 (05)
- pretty .57 .51 .39 (05)
- not too .66 .60 .44 (05)
(05) (05) (05)
happiness
- increase .69 .58 .66
- stable .52 .46 .45
- decrease .42 .38 .38
Ridit analysis compares distribution in category with distribution in total sample RT above .50 means relative high level, RT below .50 relative low level.