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Studies

Shin & Johnson (1978): study US 1975

Publication

Author(s):
Shin, D.C.; Johnson, D.M.
Title:
Avowed Happiness as the Overall Assessment of the Quality of Life.
Source:
Social Indicators Research, 1978, Vol. 5, 475 - 492

Investigation

Public
Heads of households, Illinois, USA, 1975
Sample
Respondents
N = 665
Non Response
17%
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

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:
Self-assessment of happiness

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Race