Schaefer & Burnett (1987): study US NorthCarolina 1980
Publication
- Author(s):
- Schaefer, E.S.; Burnett, C.K.
- Title:
- Stability and Predictability of Quality of Women's Marital Relationship and Demoralization.
- Source:
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1987, Vol. 53, 1129 - 1136
Investigation
- Public
- Mothers of young children, followed 3 years, N.Carolina, USA, 1980-83
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Non-probability purposive sample
- Respondents
- N = 51
- Non Response
- ?
- Assessment
-
Interview: face-to-face
Structured Interviews at home, both at T1 and T2 (3 year lag)
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question
Here is a picture of a ladder. The '10' at the top of the ladder means the best possible life you can imagine. The '0' at the bottom of the ladder means the worst possible life you can imagine. On which place of the ladder is your life as a whole?
Please mark the number that best corresponds with how you feel about your life now.
10 the best life I can imagine
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0 the worst life I can imagine - Classification:
- C-BW-c-sq-l-11-d
- Author's label:
- Cantril ladder
- Page in publication:
- 1131
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Which (of the faces) best described how you feel about your life as a whole?
7 completely happy
6
5
4 neither happy nor unhappy
3
2
1 completely unhappy - Classification:
- M-AO-u-sq-f-7-a
- Author's label:
- Faces scale
- Page in publication:
- 1131