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Radcliff (2009): study US Connecticut 1990

Publication

Author(s):
Radcliff, B.F.
Title:
Personal communication, February 2009
Source:

Investigation

Public
16+ aged, general public, Connecticut, United States, 1990
Survey name
US-DDB-1983-1998
Sample
Selection from general population sample
Respondents
N = 653
Non Response
0
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

I am very satisfied with the way things are going in my life these days:
1  definitely disagree
2
3
4
5
6   definitely agree
Classification:
O-SLP-c-sq-n-6-a
Remarks:
Inhabitants of this state were selected from pooled samples that were representative for the USA, but the selection may not be quite representative for this state.
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 7.81%,   2: 8.88%,   3: 14.4%,   4: 22.97%,   5: 27.26%,   6: 18.68%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 6 On range 0-10
Mean:
4.09 6.18
SD:
1.49 2.98