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Studies

Robinson & Martin (2008): study US 1972 /1

Publication

Author(s):
Robinson, J.P.; Martin, S.
Title:
What Do Happy People Do?
Source:
Social Indicators Research, 2008, Vol. 89, 565 - 571

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, USA, 1972-2006
Survey name
US-GSS 1972-2006
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 5005
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taken all together, how would you say things are these days?   Would you say that you are....?
3  very happy
2  pretty happy
1  not too happy
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa
Author's label:
Happiness
Page in publication:
566,569,570

Correlational Findings

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