Study Brenner (1967): study US 1963
- Public
- 21+ aged, general public, USA, 1963
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 1499
- Non Response
- 4% incomplete
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview
Happiness measure(s)
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
Taken all together, how would you say things are these days? Would you say that you are....?
3 very happy
2 pretty happy
1 not too happy - Classification:
- O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 16.2%, 2: 51.6%, 3: 32.2% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.16 7.12
- SD:
- 0.68 1.76
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
When you think of the things you want from life, how would you say that you're doing in getting the things you want.....?"
2 pretty well
1 not too well - Classification:
- C-W-u-sq-v-2-a
- Author's label:
- Satisfaction of wants
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 17.7%, 2: 82.3% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 2 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 1.82 -
- SD:
- 0.38 -