Matthews & Ornauer (1976): study GB 1967
Publication
- Author(s):
- Matthews, D.A.; Ornauer, H.
- Title:
- The Year 2000 Questionnaire and the Marginals in 11 Nations.
- Source:
- Ornauer, H.; et al.; Eds.: "Images of the World in the Year 2000", Humanities Press, 1976, USA, 637 - 701
Investigation
- Public
- 15-40 aged, general public, United Kingdom, 1967
- Survey name
- UK-FutureSurveyGB 1967
- Sample
- Selection from general population sample
- Respondents
- N = 1000
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
"Here is a picture of a ladder, where the top, rung 9, represents the best possible life for you, and the bottom, rung 1, the worst possible life for you. When you look at this ladder, where do you feel you are standing at the present time?"
9 best possible
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1 worst possible
Name: Cantril's ladder rating of present life (adapted version) - Classification:
- C-BW-c-sq-l-9-c
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 1%, 2: 1%, 3: 3%, 4: 10%, 5: 30%, 6: 23%, 7: 20%, 8: 6%, 9: 5% (total 99%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 9 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 5.79 5.98
- SD:
- 1.50 1.87