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Distributional findings

Study Cantril (1951): study CA 1946

Public
16+ aged, general public, Canada, 1946
Survey name
CN-CIPO
Sample
Probability sample (unspecified)
Respondents
N = 1000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness measure(s)

Full text:
Self report on single question:

If you were to consider your life in general these days, how happy or unhappy would you say you are, on the whole...?
4  very happy
3  fairly happy
2  not very happy
1  not at all happy
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-v-4-f
Page in publication:
281
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 3%,   2: 10%,   3: 55%,   4: 32%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.16 6.95
SD:
0.72 2.00