Fischer (1973): study US 1952
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, USA, 1952
- Sample
- Selection from general population sample
- Respondents
- N = 2970
- Non Response
- -
- Assessment
-
Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
In general, how happy would you say you are ?
3 very happy
2 fairly happy
1 not very happy
("Not at all happy" additional pre coded response, added to "not very") - Classification:
- O-HL-g-sq-v-3-h
- Author's label:
- Malaise
- Page in publication:
- 226
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 9.2%, 2: 43.4%, 3: 47.4% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.38 7.57
- SD:
- 0.65 1.81