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:
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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:
- - -