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Studies

Carleton & Kelly (2016): study US 2006

Publication

Author(s):
Carleton, C.; Kelly, M.
Title:
Exploring Job Satisfaction and Happiness for those in Alternative Work Arrangements.
Source:
VillaNova School of Business Economics, 2016, Working paper no. 32, 1 - 32

Investigation

Public
Working population, USA, 2006-2014
Survey name
US-GSS
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 3611
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
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
Author's label:
General happiness
Page in publication:
15
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 11.1%,   2: 59.3%,   3: 29.5%   (total 99.9%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.18 -
SD:
- -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Gender