Study Campbell et al. (1976): study US 1971

Public

18+ aged, general public, USA, 1971

Sample

Respondents

N = 2164

Non Response

20%

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face
Highly structured, at home

Happiness measure(s)

Full text:

Self report on single question:

We have talked about various parts of your life, now I want to ask you about your life as a whole. How satisfied are you with your life as a whole these days.....?
7  completely satisfied
6
5
4  neutral
3
2
1  completely dissatisfied

Classification:

O-SLW-c-sq-n-7-a

Author's label:

Overall life satisfaction

Observed distribution

Frequencies

1: 21.7%,   2: 39.6%,   3: 20.7%,   4: 11.3%,   5: 3.7%,   6: 2.1%,   7: 0.9%   (total 100%)

Summary Statistics

On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10

Mean:

2.46 2.43

SD:

1.25 2.08