Study Timmermans (1997): study ZA 1990
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, South Africa, 1990
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 2736
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Perceived fate control
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Single question: "How much freedom of choice and control do you feel you have over the way your life turns out?" rated on a 10-point numerical scale ranging from 'none at all' to 'a great deal'.
Observed Relation with Happiness
2 M=2.39 Mt=4.6
3 M=2.28 Mt=4.3
4 M=2.40 Mt=4.7
5 M=2.56 Mt=5.2
6 M=2.87 Mt=6.2
7 M=2.89 Mt=6.3
8 M=3.10 Mt=7.0
9 M=3.08 Mt=6.9
10 M=3.09 Mt=7.0
2 M=3.54 Mt=2.8
3 M=4.30 Mt=3.7
4 M=4.76 Mt=4.2
5 M=5.08 Mt=4.5
6 M=6.14 Mt=5.7
7 M=6.50 Mt=6.1
8 M=7.35 Mt=7.1
9 M=7.44 Mt=7.1
10 M=7.54 Mt=7.3
2 M= .02 Mt=5.0
3 M=-.18 Mt=4.8
4 M= .42 Mt=5.4
5 M= .86 Mt=5.9
6 M=1.38 Mt=6.4
7 M=1.45 Mt=6.4
8 M=1.97 Mt=7.0
9 M=1.92 Mt=6.9
10 M=1.79 Mt=6.8