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Studies

Liu et al. (2015a): study GB 1996

Publication

Author(s):
Liu, B.; Floud, S.; Pirie, K.
Title:
Does Happiness Itself directly affect Mortality? The prospective UK Million Women Study.
Source:
The Lancet, 2015

Investigation

Public
Female, aged 50-69, United Kingdom, 1996-2001
Sample
Non-probability purposive sample
Respondents
N = 1300000
Non Response
Assessment
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
At recruitment, and every 3-5 years subsequently women were posted a quaestionnaire asking about sociodemographic factors, lifestyle and health.

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

How often do you feel happy?
4  most of the time
3  usually
2  sometimes
1  rarely/never
Classification:
M-TH-u-sq-v-4-d
Author's label:
Happiness
Page in publication:
2

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Age