Perneger et al. (2004): study CH 1998
Publication
- Author(s):
- Perneger, T.V.; Bovier, P.A.; Hudelson, P.M.
- Title:
- Health and Happiness in Young Swiss Adults.
- Source:
- Quality of Life Research, 2004, Vol. 13, 171 - 178
Investigation
- Public
- University students, Switzerland, 1998.
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Probability simple random sample
- Respondents
- N = 1257
- Non Response
- 36%
- Assessment
-
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Mailed questionnaire
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
During the past 4 weeks.. Have you been a happy person?
5 all of the time
4 most of the time
3 some of the time
2 a little of the time
1 none of the time
Item MH5 in SF-36 (Medical Outcome Study 36 item Short Form) version 2 (5-step rating scale) - Classification:
- M-TH-cm-sq-v-5-a
- Author's label:
- Self-perceived happiness
- Remarks:
- Analysis based on dichotomy 'happy' (score 5 or 4) vs. 'not happy' (score 3, 2, or 1)
63% happy
27% unhappy - Page in publication:
- 172-173
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 1.3%, 2: 9.9%, 3: 25.6%, 4: 51.9%, 5: 10.7% (total 99.4%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.61 6.53
- SD:
- 0.85 2.14