Cantril (1951): study CA 1946
Publication
- Author(s):
- Cantril, H.
- Title:
- Public Opinion 1935-1946.
- Source:
- Princeton University Press, 1951, Princeton, NJ, USA
Investigation
- Public
- 16+ aged, general public, Canada, 1946
- Survey name
- CN-CIPO
- Sample
- Probability sample (unspecified)
- Respondents
- N = 1000
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
If you were to consider your life in general these days, how happy or unhappy would you say you are, on the whole...?
4 very happy
3 fairly happy
2 not very happy
1 not at all happy - Classification:
- O-HL-c-sq-v-4-f
- Page in publication:
- 281
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 3%, 2: 10%, 3: 55%, 4: 32% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.16 6.95
- SD:
- 0.72 2.00