Study Berkman (1971): study US Alameda County, California 1965
- Public
- Adults, general public, Alameda County, USA, 1965
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 6928
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Mailed questionnaire
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Childhood stress
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- 4-item index containing:
1: broken homes in childhood (before
age of 15)
2: evaluation of mother and father as
parents
3: happiness of parents's marriage
during childhood
4: illness of family members during
childhood.
Rated on a scale from 0(low stress) to
7(high stress).
Observed Relation with Happiness
low stress 0 13.9% AR= .61
1 16.4% AR= .55
2 14.9% AR= .52
3 19.8% AR= .49
4 20.6% AR= .44
5 10.7% AR= .45
6 3.5% AR= .48
high stress 7 1.1% AR= .42
The average ridits (AR) were calculated with
the distribution of the total sample as reference