Davis (1984): study US 1972
Publication
- Author(s):
- Davis, J.A.
- Title:
- New Money, an Old Man/Lady and Two's Company: Subjective Welfare in the NORC General Social Surveys 1972-1982.
- Source:
- Social Indicators Research, 1984, Vol. 15, 319 - 350.
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, USA, 1972-1982
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 13581
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
Generally speaking, how happy would you say you are.....?
3 very happy
2 fairly happy
1 not too happy - Classification:
- O-HL-g-sq-v-3-d
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 13%, 2: 53%, 3: 34% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.21 7.14
- SD:
- 0.65 1.73