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:
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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