Burton et al. (1993): study US 1976
Publication
- Author(s):
- Burton, R.P.; Rakocy, A.; Ritter, C.; Rushing, B.
- Title:
- Roles, Race and Subjective Well-being: A Longitudinal Analysis of Elderly Men.
- Source:
- Social Indicators Research, 1993, Vol. 28, 137 - 156
Investigation
- Public
- 55-69 aged men, USA, followed 5 years, 1976-1981
- Survey name
- US-National Longitudinal Survey of Older Men 1976
- Sample
- Probability stratified sample
- Respondents
- N = 2285
- Non Response
- 16.7%
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question
In general, how happy would you say you are these days?
1 very unhappy
2 somewhat unhappy
3 somewhat happy
4 very happy - Classification:
- O-HL-c-sq-v-4-j
- Author's label:
- Subjective well-being
- Remarks:
- computed by WDH-team
White N=1709, M=3.49
Black N=582, M=3.42 - Page in publication:
- 143, 145
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.47 -
- SD:
- - -