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Studies

Bennett (1970): study US 1969

Publication

Author(s):
Bennett, F.A.
Title:
Avowed Happiness in Communities of Religious Women.
Source:
Unpublished PhD Dissertation, University of Utah, 1970, USA

Investigation

Public
Nuns, Catholic congregations, USA, 1969
Sample
Probability simple random sample
Respondents
N = 963
Non Response
11,5%
Assessment
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Mailed questionnaire

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Considering everything that has happened to you recently, how would you say things are with you - would you say you are.....?
3  very happy
2  pretty happy
1  not too happy
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-v-3-f
Author's label:
Happiness
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 13%,   2: 50%,   3: 37%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.24 -
SD:
0.67 -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Age-groups