| 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. |