Pinhey et al. (1997): study US Guam 1991
Publication
- Author(s):
- Pinhey, T.K.; Colfax, R.S.; Rubinstein, D.H.
- Title:
- Overweight and Happiness: The Reflected Self-Appraisal Hypothesis Reconstructed.
- Source:
- Social Science Quarterly, 1997, Vol. 78, 747 - 755.
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, Guam, USA, 1991
- Survey name
- US-BRFSS
- Sample
- Probability systematic sample
- Respondents
- N = 398
- Non Response
- 29,6
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
During the past 4 weeks….. Have you been a happy person?
6 all of the time
5 most of the time
4 a good bit 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) - Classification:
- M-TH-cm-sq-v-6-a
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 6 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.96 -
- SD:
- 1.16 -