Morawetz (1977): study IL 1976
Publication
- Author(s):
- Morawetz, D.
- Title:
- Income Distributions and Self-Rated Happiness: Some Empirical Evidence.
- Source:
- The Economic Journal, 1977, Vol. 87, 511 - 522
Investigation
- Public
- Adults, two villages (one equal in incomes, one unequal), Israel, 1976
- Sample
- Non-probability purposive-expert sample
- Respondents
- N = 109
- Non Response
- 38%
- Assessment
-
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
delivered at home, collected about one hour later
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
How happy are you these days? Would you say you are….?
4 very happy
3 quite happy
2 not so happy
1 not happy - Classification:
- O-HL-c-sq-v-4-e
- Author's label:
- Happiness: Cantril question
- Page in publication:
- 517
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 16.1%, 2: 63.5%, 3: 16.9%, 4: 2.6% (total 99.1%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.09 -
- SD:
- 0.68 -
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Here is a picture of a ladder. Suppose we say that the top of the ladder represents the best possible life for you and the bottom represents the worst possible life for you. Where on the ladder do you feel you personally stand at the present time?
[ 10 ] best possible life
[ 9 ]
[ 8 ]
[ 7 ]
[ 6 ]
[ 5 ]
[ 4 ]
[ 3 ]
[ 2 ]
[ 1 ]
[ 0 ] worst possible life
Preceded by 1) open questions about what the respondent imagines as the best possible life and the worst possible life. 2) ratings on the ladder of one's life five years ago and where on the ladder one expects to stand five years from now.
Name: Cantril's self anchoring ladder rating of life (original) - Classification:
- C-BW-c-sq-l-11-a
- Author's label:
- Best vs worst possible life
- Remarks:
- Village with equal incomes only. Distribition of this variable not reported for the village with unequal incomes.
- Page in publication:
- 517
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0%, 2: 0%, 3: 0%, 4: 1.7%, 5: 0.9%, 6: 4.7%, 7: 13.1%, 8: 23.3%, 9: 31.6%, 10: 14.2%, 11: 11.1% (total 100.6%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 7.60 7.60
- SD:
- 1.46 1.46