Study Andrews & Withey (1976): study US 1972 /2
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, USA, Nov 1972
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 1072
- Non Response
- 38%
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
using highly structured questionnaires
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Delighted Terrible life
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Happiness measure type O-DT Asked twice during the interview. The interval was about 8 to 12 minutes. Summation: arithmetic mean. Test-retest correlation: r=+.71.
- Operationalization
- Selfreport on single question, asked twice in interview:
How do you feel about your life as a whole......?
7 delighted
6 pleased
5 mostly satisfied
4 mixed
3 mostly dissatisfied
2 unhappy
1 terrible