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Studies

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:
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

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Satisfaction derivedfrom the community