Study Fischer (1973): study US 1968
- Public
- Adults, varying age ranges, general public, USA, 1968
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 1440
- Non Response
- -
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Community size
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- 1 Out of SMSA
a. rural
b. town
2 In SMSA
a. ring
b. center
3 Large SMSA
a. ring
b. center
(SMSA short for Standard Metropolitan Statisical Area)
Observed Relation with Happiness
1b. M'=2.12
2a. M'=2.18
2b. M'=2.06
3a. M'=2.14
3b. M'=2.00 (M' 1-3)
Stronger among migrants and among the well-to-do. U-shaped curve among those who lived in communi- ties of the same size as they were raised in: Those living in a SMSA being least happy.
When those living in a SMSA were compared with those living in a large SMSA; _ = -.06 (ns).
Those living in the center of towns and cities were less happy than those living in the outskirts: _ = -.07 (001).