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Studies

Blanchflower & Oswald (2017): study US 1972

Publication

Author(s):
Blanchflower, D.G.; Oswald, A.J.
Title:
Do Humans Suffer a Psychological Low in Midlife? Two Approaches (With and Without Controls) in Seven Data Sets
Source:
CAGE Working Paper 2017, Nr. 337, University of Warwick, USA

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, United States of America, 1972-2014
Survey name
CN-GSS 1972-2014
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 54532
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
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:
Happiness
Page in publication:
9,21

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Age Current age (in years)