Wu et al. (2007): study TW 2001
Publication
- Author(s):
- Wu, C.H.; Lee, K.L; Yao, G.
- Title:
- Examining the Hierarchical Factor Structure of the SF-36 Taiwan Version by Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis.
- Source:
- Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 2007, Vol. 13, 889 - 900
Investigation
- Public
- 12+ aged, general public, Taiwan, 2001
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 19777
- Non Response
- 6,2%
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
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:
- SF-36 Taiwan MH5
- Remarks:
- Average of split-half subsamples, for exploratory factor analisys ((EFA) and conformatory factor analysis (CFA)
Skewness -.70, Kurtosis -.25 - Page in publication:
- 892,3
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 6 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 4.62 -
- SD:
- 1.21 -