Willits et al. (1978): study US 1946
Publication
- Author(s):
- Willits, F.K.; Bealer, R.C.; Crider, D.M.
- Title:
- Migrant Status and Success: A Panel Study.
- Source:
- Rural Sociology, 1978, Vol. 43, 386 - 402
Investigation
- Public
- Highschool pupils, rural area, followed 25 years, Pennsylvania, USA, 1946-71
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 2081
- Non Response
- 26%
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
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:
- Happiness
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.33 6.65
- SD:
- - -