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Studies

Taylor et al. (2006): study US 2005

Publication

Author(s):
Taylor, P.; Craighill, P.; Funk, C.
Title:
Are We Happy Yet?
Source:
PEW Research Center, A Social Trends Report, 2006, Washington DC, USA

Investigation

Public
Adults, general public, USA, 2005
Survey name
INT-PEW survey 2005
Sample
Probability simple random sample
Respondents
N = 3014
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Generally speaking; how would you say, you are these days.....?
1  very happy
2  pretty happy
3  not too happy
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-v-3-ca
Author's label:
Happiness
Page in publication:
1
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 15%,   2: 34%,   3: 50%   (total 99%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.35 7.62
SD:
0.73 1.90

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Family Income