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
- Having debts
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Single direct question.
1. no debts
2. debts: could pay off
3. debts: could not pay off without
borrowing.
Observed Relation with Happiness
Happiness level in average ridits (RT).
no could could
debts pay not pay
income:
- <5000 .36 .41 .41 (ns)
- 5000-6999 .52 .58 .49 (05)
- 7000-9999 .57 .55 .51 (ns)
- >10000 .58 .58 .57 (ns)
(05) (05) (05)
Ridit analysis compares distribution in category with distribution in total sample. RT above .50 means relative high level, RT below .50 relative low level.