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Distributional findings

Study Smith (1979): study US 1966

Public
Adults, age range not reported, general public, United States, 1966
Survey name
US-AIPO-735
Sample
Probability sample (unspecified)
Respondents
N = 1569
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: 3.1%,   2: 45.3%,   3: 51.6%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.48 7.83
SD:
0.56 1.65