Study Smith (1979): study US 1966 /1

Public

Adults, age range not reported, general public, United States, 1966

Survey name

US-AIPO-736

Sample

Probability sample (unspecified)

Respondents

N = 1588

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Happiness measure(s)

Full text:

Self report on single question:

In general, how happy would you say you are ?
3  very happy
2  fairly happy
1  not happy

Classification:

O-HL-g-sq-v-3-I

Remarks:

Table 3 refers to this item as A6 but it is item A7. In the appendix the question wordings A6 and A7 are reversed (personal communication Tom Smith 12-10-2001)

Page in publication:

22

Observed distribution

Frequencies

1: 7%,   2: 47%,   3: 46%   (total 100%)

Summary Statistics

On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10

Mean:

2.39 7.52

SD:

0.61 1.89