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Kennedy & Mehra (1985): study CA Edmonton CMA 1977

Publication

Author(s):
Kennedy, L.W.; Mehra, N.
Title:
Effects of Social Change on Well-Being: Boom and Bust in a Western Canadian City.
Source:
Social Indicators Research, 1985, Vol. 17, 101 - 113

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, City of Edmonton, Canada, 1977-1984
Sample
Probability multi-stage cluster sample
Respondents
N = 3440
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
Highly structured

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

"All in all, how satisfied are you with your life these days.....?"
1  very dissatisfied
2
3
4
5
6
7  very satisfied
Classification:
O-SLu-c-sq-n-7-b
Author's label:
Life satisfaction
Remarks:

1977:  Ms = 8,8      M= 5,6       N=335
1978:        = 9,1         = 5,78       =447
1979:        =9,0          = 5,7        =438
1980:   n.a.
1981:        =9,0          =5,7         =399
1982:        =8,8          =5,62       =506
1983:        =9,0          =5,72       =419
1984:        =8,8          =5,62       =448
All years    =8,9          =5,68       = 2992
Page in publication:
107
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
Mean:
8.90 5.68
SD:
- -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Age