Berg (2010): study US WestVirginia 1990
Publication
- Author(s):
- Berg, M.C.
- Title:
- Geluk in Landen: Een Empirische Studie naar Condities voor een Gelukkige Samenleving. ( Happiness in Nations. An Empirical Study of Conditions for a Happy Society).
- Source:
- Doctoral Thesis Department of Social Science, Erasmus University, 2010, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, WestVirginia, United States, 1990
- Survey name
- US-GSS 1972-2006
- Sample
- Probability multi-stage random
- Respondents
- N = 27804
- Non Response
- 0
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
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 that you are....?
3 very happy
2 pretty happy
1 not too happy - Classification:
- O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa
- Remarks:
- Inhabitants of this state were selected from 26 pooled samples in the period 1972-2006. Each of these samples are representative for the USA, but the selection may not be quite representative for this state.
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 15.1%, 2: 47.8%, 3: 37.1% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.22 7.27
- SD:
- 0.69 1.79