Palisi & Canning (1986): study US 1974
Publication
- Author(s):
- Palisi, B.J.; Canning, C.
- Title:
- Urbanism and Psychological Well-Being: A Test of Three Theories.
- Source:
- Sociological Spectrum, 1986, Vol. 6, 361 - 378
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, USA, 1974-1982
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 7542
- Non Response
- Assessment
-
Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview
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:
- Avowed happiness
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 23%, 2: 16%, 3: 61% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.38 7.69
- SD:
- 0.83 2.17