Easterlin (2002a): study US 1972
Publication
- Author(s):
- Easterlin, R.A.
- Title:
- Happiness of Women and Men in Later Life: Nature, Determinants and Prospects.
- Source:
- Paper, 2002, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
Investigation
- Public
- 50+ aged, USA, followed 26 years 1972-1998
- Survey name
- US-GSS
- Sample
- Probability multi-stage cluster sample
- Respondents
- N = 9432
- 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:
- Table A-1, A-2
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.23 -
- SD:
- 0.66 -