Myers & Liu (2013): study US 2012
Publication
- Author(s):
- Myers, R.; Liu, D.
- Title:
- In U.S. Women Veterans rate Lives better than Men.
- Source:
- The Gallup Organization, April 2013
Investigation
- Public
- Veterans, United States, 2012
- Survey name
- Gallup poll
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 48690
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Here is ladder representing the 'ladder of life'. Let's suppose the top of the ladder represents the best possible life for you; and the bottom, the worst possible life for you. On which step of the ladder do you feel you personally stand at the present time?
10 best possible
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0 worst possible life
This question was followed (not preceded) by items on life 5 years ago and 5 years from now. - Classification:
- C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c
- Remarks:
- Male veterans 6.8, Female veterans 6.9
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 6.90 6.90
- SD:
- - -
Correlational Findings
Earlier in armed force