Study McNamara & St.George (1978): study US 1971

Public

18+ aged, general public, USA, 1971

Sample

Respondents

N = 2164

Non Response

20%

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face
Highly structured, at home

Correlate

Authors's Label

Religiosity

Our Classification

Related specification variables

Operationalization

Religiosity index consisting of 3 closed questions:
1 In general, how religious-minded
  would you say you are? (very, more
  than average, less than average)
2 How important to you is having a
  strong religious faith? (5-point
  scale, extremely important to not at
  all important)
3 State how much satisfaction you get
  from your religion? (5-point scale,
  great deal to little or none)
The points of the 3 scales were added.
high     religiosity: 3-5
moderate religiosity: 6-8
low      religiosity: 9 and over

Gammas were calculated by comparing
the high religiosity group (1) with the
low religiosity group(0)

Observed Relation with Happiness