Gurin et al. (1960): study US 1957
Publication
- Author(s):
- Gurin, G.; Feld, S.; Veroff, J.
- Title:
- Americans View their Mental Health. A Nationwide Interview Survey.
- Source:
- Basic Books, 1960, New York, USA ( Reprint in 1980, Arno Press, New York, USA)
Investigation
- Public
- 21+ aged, general public, USA,1957
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 2460
- Non Response
- 13%; 5% not at home, 8% refusals
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview at home
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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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:
- Happiness
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 11%, 2: 54%, 3: 35% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.24 7.32
- SD:
- 0.63 1.65