McNamara & St.George (1978): study US 1971
Publication
- Author(s):
- McNamara, P.H.; St.George, A.
- Title:
- Blessed are the Downtrodden? An Empirical Test.
- Source:
- Sociological Analysis, 1978, Vol. 39, 303 - 320
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, USA, 1971
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 2164
- Non Response
- 20%
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Highly structured, 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:
- Personal happiness
- Remarks:
- 30% very happy