Thoits & Hewitt (2001): study US 1986
Publication
- Author(s):
- Thoits, P.A.; Hewitt, L.N.
- Title:
- Volunteer Work and Well-Being.
- Source:
- Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 2001, Vol. 42, 115 - 131
Investigation
- Public
- 25+ aged, general public, USA, 1986-1989
- Sample
- Probability multi-stage cluster sample
- Respondents
- N = 2867
- Non Response
- T1: 33% T2: 21%
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
At home
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
'How satisfied are you with your life in general?"
1 completely unsatisfied
2 very unsatisfied
3 unsatisfied
4 unsatisfied nor satisfied
5 satisfied
6 very satisfied
7 completely satisfied - Classification:
- O-SLu-g-sq-v-7-a
- Author's label:
- T2 life satisfaction
- Remarks:
- Assessed at T2 only
- Page in publication:
- 120
- Error estimates:
- Correlation with simmilar question at T2: r=+39 (p< .01)
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 5.36 -
- SD:
- 1.48 -
- Full text:
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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:
- T2 Happiness
- Remarks:
- Assessed at T2 only. Mean and SD provided by author
- Error estimates:
- Correlation with response to T1 question ' My life could be happier than it is now' r= .27 (p<.01)
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.16 -
- SD:
- 0.63 -
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
My life could be happier than it is now
1 strongly agree
2 somewhat agree
3 somewhat disagree
4 strongly disagree - Classification:
- O-HL-u-sq-v-4-i
- Author's label:
- T1 happiness
- Remarks:
- Assessed at T1. Mean and SD provided by author
- Error estimates:
- Correlation with response to T2 question 'Taken all together, how happy would you say you are? r= .27 (p<.01)
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.13 -
- SD:
- 0.95 -
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
How satisfied are you with your life in general?
5 completely satisfied
4 very satisfied
3 somewhat satisfied
2 not very satisfied
1 not at all satisfied - Classification:
- O-SLu-g-sq-v-5-f
- Author's label:
- T1 life satisfaction
- Remarks:
- Assessed at T1 only
- Error estimates:
- Correlation with simmilar question at T2: r=+.39 (p<.01)
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.75 -
- SD:
- 0.94 -