Fischer (1973): study FR 1967
Publication
- Author(s):
- Fischer, C.S.
- Title:
- Urban Malaise.
- Source:
- Social Forces, 1973, Vol. 52, 221 - 235
Investigation
- Public
- Adults, varying age ranges, general public, France, 1967
- Sample
- Selection from general population sample
- Respondents
- N = 2175
- Non Response
- -
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
There are moments you feel your work and your personal affairs are going well. Sometimes without any specific reason you feel good and confident towards the future. There are also moments that things seem to go bad; that you feel anxious and worried about the future. Now here is a picture of a ladder running from 0 to 20. Suppose 0 represents the time in you life you felt most miserable and 20 represents the best time you ever had. Where on the ladder are you now?
[ 20 ] best time you ever had
[ 19 ]
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[ 1 ]
[ 0 ] time in your life you felt most miserable
Name: Cantril's self anchoring ladder rating (modified version) - Classification:
- O-SLC-c-sq-l-21-a
- Author's label:
- Malaise
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 20 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- - 6.30
- SD:
- - -