Study Herzog et al. (1982): study US 1978 /1

Public:

25-97 aged, general public, USA, 1971-1978

Sample:

Respondents:

N = 6918

Non Response:

Assessment:

Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview

Correlate

Authors's label

Economic satisfaction

Our Classification

Operationalization

DATASET 1
"The income you (and your family) have?"; "Your standard of living--the things you have like housing, car, furniture and the like?"
Both rated on 7-point scales with high scores indicating high satisfaction.   Scores were combined into index.
DATASET 6
"How much satisfaction do you get from--your financial situation?"; How satisfied are you with your standard of living?" Both rated on a 7-point scale with high scores indicating high satisfaction. Scores were combined into index.
DATASET 7
Identical as dataset 6, except that a question about satisfaction with income was included.

Observed Relation with Happiness