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Studies

Veenhoven (1983): study IT 1975

Publication

Author(s):
Veenhoven, R.
Title:
The Growing Impact of Marriage.
Source:
Social Indicators Research, 1983, Vol. 12, 49 - 63

Investigation

Public
16+ aged, general public, Italy, 1975
Sample
Probability multi-stage cluster sample
Respondents
N = 1022
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all things together, how would you say things are these days? Would you say you are...?
3   very happy
2   fairly happy
1   not too happy
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-v-3-ab
Author's label:
Happiness
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 6%,   2: 49%,   3: 45%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.39 7.62
SD:
0.60 1.62

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Marital status