Riley et al. (2003): study US 1996
Publication
- Author(s):
- Riley, E.D.; Bangsberg, D.R.; Clark, R.A.; Perry, S.
- Title:
- Reliability and Validity of the SF-36 in HIV-infected Homeless and Marginal Housed Individuals.
- Source:
- Quality of Life Research, 2003, Vol 12, 1051 - 1058
Investigation
- Public
- HIV-infected homeless and marginally housed San Fransisco, USA, 2000.
- Sample
- Probability simple random sample
- Respondents
- N = 330
- Non Response
- 9,4%
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Standardized questionnaire was administered by a trained interviewer. Participants were reimbursed $15 for each interview completed.
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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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
- Author's label:
- 'Scale= MH (mental health)- MH5 = Happy
- Remarks:
- Distribution of valid responses: 1: 12,7%, 2: 29,1%, 3: 11,7%, 4: 26,1%, 5: 13,7%, 6: 6,7%
- Page in publication:
- 1054
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 11.5%, 2: 26.4%, 3: 10.6%, 4: 23.6%, 5: 12.4%, 6: 6.1% (total 90.6%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 6 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.19 -
- SD:
- 1.48 -