Linn et al. (1986): study US Wisconsin 1974
Publication
- Author(s):
- Linn, L.S.; Cope, D.W.; Yager, J.
- Title:
- Factors Associated with Life Satisfaction among Practicing Internists.
- Source:
- Medical Care, 1986, Vol. 24, 830 - 837
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, NW-Wisconsin, USA, 1974
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 1423
- Non Response
- 7-24 %
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
In general, how happy would you say you are these days.....?
7 extremely happy
6 very happy
5 pretty happy
4 not too happy
3 a bit unhappy
2 pretty unhappy
1 very unhappy - Classification:
- O-HL-c-sq-v-7-a
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Remarks:
- happy 36%, pretty happy 53%, a bit happy 9%, unhappy 2%.
- Error estimates:
- Reliability: range 1-7 M=5.4 Ms'=7.3 Validity:
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 5.40 7.30
- SD:
- - -
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
Considering everything, how satisfied are you with your life as whole.....?
7 completely satisfied
6 satisfied
5 mostly satisfied
4 satisfied/dissatisfied
3 dissatisfied
2 very dissatisfied
1 completely dissatisfied - Classification:
- O-SLW-u-sq-v-7-a
- Author's label:
- Life-satisfaction
- Remarks:
- Satisfied 87%, mixed (satisfied/dissatisfied) 11%, dissatisfied 2%.
- Error estimates:
- Reliability: range 1-7 M=5.2 SD=0.9 Ms'=7.0 Validity:
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 5.20 7.00
- SD:
- 0.90 -