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Studies

London et al. (1977): study US 1972

Publication

Author(s):
London, M.; Crandall, R.; Seals, G.W.
Title:
The Contribution of Job and Leisure Satisfaction to Quality of Life.
Source:
Journal of Applied Psychology, 1977, Vol. 62, 328 - 334

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, USA, 1972
Survey name
IR-National Survey QOL
Sample
Probability area sample
Respondents
N = 1297
Non Response
not reported
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question, asked twice in interview:

How do you feel about your life as a whole......?
7  delighted
6  pleased
5  mostly satisfied
4  mixed
3  mostly dissatisfied
2  unhappy
1  terrible

Summation: arithmetic mean

Name: Andrews & Withey's "Delighted-Terrible Scale" (original version)
Also known as Lehman's 'Global life satisfaction'
Classification:
O-DT-u-sqt-v-7-a
Author's label:
Quality of life
Page in publication:
329, 330
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.59 2.65
SD:
1.09 1.82

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding All Leisure satisfaction items