Campbell et al. (1976): study US 1971
Publication
- Author(s):
- Campbell, A.; Converse, P.E.; Rodgers, W.L.
- Title:
- The Quality of American Life. Perceptions, Evaluations, and Satisfactions.
- Source:
- Russel Sage Foundation, 1976, New York, USA
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, USA, 1971
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 2164
- Non Response
- 20%
- Assessment
-
Interview: face-to-face
Highly structured, at home
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
We have talked about various parts of your life, now I want to ask you about your life as a whole. How satisfied are you with your life as a whole these days.....?
7 completely satisfied
6
5
4 neutral
3
2
1 completely dissatisfied - Classification:
- O-SLW-c-sq-n-7-a
- Author's label:
- Overall life satisfaction
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 21.7%, 2: 39.6%, 3: 20.7%, 4: 11.3%, 5: 3.7%, 6: 2.1%, 7: 0.9% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.46 2.43
- SD:
- 1.25 2.08