Study Smith (1979): study US 1973 /1
- Public
- 16+ aged, general public, United States, 1973
- Survey name
- US-CNS-2
- Sample
- Probability sample (unspecified)
- Respondents
- N = 647
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness measure(s)
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
Taken all together, how would you say things are these days? Would you say that you are....?
3 very happy
2 pretty happy
1 not too happy - Classification:
- O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa
- Page in publication:
- 22
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 12%, 2: 55%, 3: 33% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.21 7.25
- SD:
- 0.64 1.66
- Full text:
-
Self report on 10 questions:
During the past few weeks, did you ever feel ....? (yes/no)
A Particularly excited or interested in something?
B So restless that you couldn't sit long in a chair?
C Proud because someone complimented you on something
you had done?
D Very lonely or remote from other people?
E Pleased about having accomplished something?
F Bored?
G On top of the world?
H Depressed or very unhappy?
I That things were going your way?
J Upset because someone criticized you?
Answer options and scoring:
yes = 1
no = 0
Summation:
-Positive Affect Score (PAS): A+C+E+G+I
-Negative Affect Score (NAS): B+D+F+H+J
-Affect Balance Score (ABS): PAS minus NAS
Possible range: -5 to +5
Name: Bradburn's 'Affect Balance Scale' (standard version) - Classification:
- A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a
- Remarks:
- Pa 3.23; Na: 1.58
- Page in publication:
- 26
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range -5 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 1.65 6.65
- SD:
- - -