Kivett (1976): study US 1970
Publication
- Author(s):
- Kivett, V.R.
- Title:
- The Aged in North Carolina: Physical, Social and Environmental Characteristics and Sources of Assistance. (The Guilford Study)
- Source:
- Technical Bulletin No.237, North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, 1976, USA
Investigation
- Public
- 65+ aged, North Carolina, USA, 1970-71
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 469
- Non Response
- Assessment
-
Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
All in all, how much Unhappiness would you say that you find in life today.......?
1 a great deal
2 some
3 almost none - Classification:
- O-HL-c-sq-v-3-ba
- Author's label:
- General happiness
- Page in publication:
- 36
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 15.7%, 2: 20.4%, 3: 60.4% (total 96.5%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.46 -
- SD:
- 0.76 -