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Distributional findings

Study Gove & Zeiss (1987): study US 1974

Public
18+ aged, general public, USA, 1974-1975
Sample
Probability stratified sample
Respondents
N = 2248
Non Response
23,3%
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness measure(s)

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Overall, would you say you are.....?
4  very happy
3  pretty happy
2  not too happy
1  not at all happy.
Classification:
O-HL-u-sq-v-4-aa
Author's label:
Happiness
Page in publication:
125
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 2.8%,   2: 12.5%,   3: 48.9%,   4: 35.7%   (total 99.9%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.18 7.09
SD:
0.75 2.07