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Studies

White (1979): study US 1977

Publication

Author(s):
White, L.K.
Title:
Sex Differentials in the Effect of Remarriage on Global Happiness.
Source:
Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1979, Vol. 41, 869 -876

Investigation

Public
Adult, general public,, USA, 1977
Sample
Respondents
N = 1085
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview , partly by phone

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all things together, how would you say you are these days?  Would you say you are..........?
3   very happy
2   pretty happy
1   not too happy
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-v-3-ad
Author's label:
Global happiness
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.40 7.00
SD:
- -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Communication with spouse