Bahr & Harvey (1980): study US 1972
Publication
- Author(s):
- Bahr, H.M.; Harvey, C.D.
- Title:
- Correlates of Morale Among the Newly Widowed.
- Source:
- The Journal of Social Psychology, 1980, Vol. 110, 219 - 233
Investigation
- Public
- Recently widowed miner`s wives and controls,USA, 1972
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 222
- Non Response
- Widows 39% ,survivor wives 19% ,other miners wives 48%
- Assessment
-
Interview: face-to-face
Highly structured
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
Taken all together, how would you say things are these days? Would you say you are....?
1 not too happy
2 relatively happy
3 very happy - Classification:
- O-HL-c-sq-v-3-ac
- Author's label:
- Unhappines
- Remarks:
- Not too happy:Widows 56%, Survivor wives 12%, Other miners wives 9%
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Here is a picture of a ladder. Suppose we say that the top of the ladder (10) represents the best possible life for you and the bottom (1) represents the worst possible life for you. Where on the ladder do you feel personally stand at the present time?
[ 10 ] best possible life for you
[ 9 ]
[ 8 ]
[ 7 ]
[ 6 ]
[ 5 ]
[ 4 ]
[ 3 ]
[ 2 ]
[ 1 ] worst possible life for you
Name: Cantril's self anchoring ladder rating of life (adapted version) - Classification:
- C-BW-c-sq-l-10-b
- Author's label:
- Morale
- Remarks:
- "High (6>) : Widows 32% ,Survivors wives 54% ,Other miners wives 64%
Modus on range 1-10: Widows 5 ,Survivors wives 8 ,Other miners wives 8