Study Timmermans (1997): study PT 1990
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, Portugal, 1990
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 1185
- 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 Less than 10 Ss
3 M=2.46 Mt=4.9
4 M=2.66 Mt=5.5
5 M=2.76 Mt=5.9
6 M=2.74 Mt=5.8
7 M=2.89 Mt=6.3
8 M=3.01 Mt=6.7
9 M=3.08 Mt=6.9
10 M=2.89 Mt=6.3
2 Less than 10 Ss
3 M=6.09 Mt=5.7
4 M=5.86 Mt=5.4
5 M=6.35 Mt=5.9
6 M=6.99 Mt=6.7
7 M=7.00 Mt=6.7
8 M=7.90 Mt=7.7
9 M=8.28 Mt=8.1
10 M=7.74 Mt=7.5
2 Less than 10 Ss
3 M= .70 Mt=5.7
4 M= .77 Mt=5.8
5 M=1.06 Mt=6.1
6 M=1.39 Mt=6.4
7 M=1.31 Mt=6.3
8 M=1.94 Mt=6.9
9 M=1.78 Mt=6.8
10 M=1.33 Mt=6.3