Study | MacRae & Carlson (1980): study US NorthCarolina 1971 |
Title | Collective Preferences as Predictors of Interstate Migration. |
Source | Social Indicators Research, 1980, Vol. 8, 15 - 32 |
DOI | DOI:10.1007/BF00364599 |
Public | 18+ aged, general public, North Carolina, USA, 1977 |
Sample | |
Non-Response | About 25% |
Respondents N = | 1081 |
Correlate | |
Author's label | Preference to live in own state |
Page in Source | 22 |
Our classification | Attitudes to region of residence, code R01ac |
Operationalization | Single direct question: "If you could live anywhere in the United States that you wanted to, what state would you choose?" 0 other state 1 own state |
Observed Relation with Happiness | ||
Happiness Measure | Statistics | Elaboration/Remarks |
O-HL-c-sq-v-3-ad | D%=+ | % very happy: other state 22% own state 31% |
Code | Full Text |
O-HL-c-sq-v-3-ad | Selfreport on single question: Taking all things together, how would you say you are these days? Would you say you are..........? 3 very happy 2 pretty happy 1 not too happy |
Symbol | Explanation |
D% | DIFFERENCE in PERCENTAGES Type: descriptive statistic only. Measurement level: Correlate level: dichotomous, but nominal or ordinal theoretically possible as well. Happiness level: dichotomous Range: [-100; +100] Meaning: the difference of the percentages happy people at two correlate levels. |