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:
- PEW survey 2005
- Sample:
- Probability simple random sample
- Respondents:
- N = 3014
- Non Response:
- Assessment:
- Interview: telephone (CATI)
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Selfreport 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
Current employment status
Children in the household
Age of children
Single parent
Perceived time-pressure
Region in USA