Phillips (1967): study US NewHampshire 1962 /1
Publication
- Author(s):
- Phillips, D.L.
- Title:
- Mental Health Status, Social Participation and Happiness.
- Source:
- Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 1967, Vol. 8, 285 -291
Investigation
- Public
- 21+ aged, general public, New Hampshire, USA, 196?
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 593
- Non Response
- 1%
- Assessment
-
Interview: face-to-face
at home
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Taking all together: how happy would you say you are? Would you say you are?
3 very happy
2 pretty happy
1 not too happy - Classification:
- O-HL-u-sq-v-3-a
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 7%, 2: 52%, 3: 41% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.34 7.58
- SD:
- 0.60 1.57