Davis (1929): study US 1925
Publication
- Author(s):
- Davis, K.B.
- Title:
- Factors in the Sex Life of Twenty-Two Hundred Women.
- Source:
- Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1929, New York, USA
Investigation
- Public
- Female college graduates, USA, 192?
- Sample
- Non-probability chunk sample
- Respondents
- N = 1200
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Do you consider your life as a whole..
4 happy
3 fairly happy
2 neither happy nor unhappy (neutral)
1 unhappy
Neutral option presented last - Classification:
- O-HL-u-sq-v-4-l
- Page in publication:
- 90
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 4.2%, 2: 7.1%, 3: 10.4%, 4: 78.3% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.63 6.63
- SD:
- 0.79 0.96
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Do you consider your life as a whole..
4 satisfactory
3 fairly satisfactory
2 neither (neutral)
1 unsatisfactory
Neutral option presented last - Classification:
- O-SLW-u-sq-v-4-l
- Author's label:
- life considerded as a whole
- Page in publication:
- 90
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 1.2%, 2: 21.7%, 3: 13.4%, 4: 63.7% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.40 7.41
- SD:
- 0.86 1.54
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Do you consider your life as a whole as successful?
4 successful
3 fairly successful
2 neither successful nor unsuccessful (neutral)
1 unsuccessful - Classification:
- C-A-u-sq-v-4-b
- Page in publication:
- 90
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 6.1%, 2: 11.9%, 3: 16.9%, 4: 65.1% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.41 7.40
- SD:
- 0.92 1.69