Levin & Taylor (1998): study US 1979
Publication
- Author(s):
- Levin, J.S.; Taylor, R.J.
- Title:
- Panel Analyses of Religious Involvement and Well-Being in African Americans: Contemporaneous vs. Longitudinal Effects.
- Source:
- Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 1998, Vol. 37, 695 - 709
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged Blacks, USA, followed 1979 to 1992
- Sample
- Probability multi-stage cluster sample
- Respondents
- N = 1988
- Non Response
- 32%
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
In general, how satisfied are you with your life these days? Would you way that you are....?
4 very satisfied
3 somewhat satisfied
2 somewhat dissatisfied
1 very dissatisfied - Classification:
- O-SLW-c-sq-v-4-aa
- Author's label:
- Life satisfaction
- Remarks:
- T1 (1979) : M = 3,04 SD = 0,82
T2 (1992) : M = 3,21 SD = 0,76 - Page in publication:
- 701
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.13 -
- SD:
- 0.79 -
- Full text:
-
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
- Remarks:
- T1 (1979) : M = 2,13 SD = 0,66
T2 (1992) : M = 2,06 SD = 0,65 - Page in publication:
- 701
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.10 -
- SD:
- 0.66 -