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Distributional findings

Study Easterlin (1974): study US 1970

Public
Adults, general public, USA, 1970
Sample
Probability simple random sample
Respondents
N = 1517
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness measure(s)

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all things together, how would you say things are these days? Would you say you are...?
3   very happy
2   fairly happy
1   not too happy
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-v-3-ab
Author's label:
Happiness
Page in publication:
100
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 43%,   2: 48%,   3: 6%   (total 97%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
Mean:
1.62 5.61
SD:
0.60 1.50