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Studies

Near et al. (1978): study US NewYork 1975

Publication

Author(s):
Near, J.P.; Hunt, R.G.; Rice, R.W.
Title:
Work and Extra-Work Correlates of Life and Job Satisfaction.
Source:
Academy of Management Journal, 1978, Vol. 21, 248 - 264

Investigation

Public
Adults, general public, Western New York State, USA, 1975
Sample
Respondents
N = 384
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking everything into consideration, how satisfied are you with life in  general at the present time? Would you say you are.....?
5   extremely satisfied
4   very satisfied
3   fairly satisfied
2   slightly satisfied
1   not satisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-v-5-d
Author's label:
Life satisfaction
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 6.6%,   2: 6.2%,   3: 31.5%,   4: 35.4%,   5: 20.3%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.57 7.75
SD:
1.08 2.13

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Job satisfaction