Ackerman & Paolucci (1983): study US 1974
Publication
- Author(s):
- Ackerman, N.M.; Paolucci, B.
- Title:
- Objective and Subjective Income Adequacy: Their Relationship to Perceived Life Quality Measures.
- Source:
- Social Indicators Research, 1983, Vol. 12, 25 - 48
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, USA, 1974
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 1064
- Non Response
- 26%
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
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
Name: Andrews & Withey's `Delighted-Terrible Scale' (original version) - Classification:
- O-DT-u-sq-v-7-a
- Author's label:
- Perceived overall life quality.