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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:
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

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Recent financial change