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:
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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