| Publication | |
| Author(s) | Cantril, H. |
| Title | The Pattern of Human Concern. |
| Source | Rutgers University Press, 1965, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA |
| Investigation | |
| Public | 20+ aged general public, 14 countries, ±1960 |
| General population in : 5 Westernized nations (USA, WestGermany, Yugoslavia, Poland, Japan), 3 underdeveloped giants (Brazil, Nigeria, India), 2 countries in the Middle East (Israel, Egypt), 3 Caribbean nations (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Panama) and the Philippines. | |
| Surveys in nations 1959-1963 | |
| Survey name | Cantril World Survey |
| Sample | Varied Probability |
| Weighting | Y |
| Representative samples, partly using random procedures: - Brazil : Probability samples of both urban and rural population; date: 1960-1961; N: 2168 (after weighting 2739); 1713 rural 1026 urban; 1242 males, 1479 females; age 18+, See CANTR 1965/3 - Cuba : Probability area sample; date: April-May, 1960; N: 992 (1490); urban population only: 487 Ss from Havana and 1003 Ss other; 833 males, 633 females; age 20+, See CANTR 1965/4 - Dominican Rep.: Probability samples of both the urban and rural publics; date: April, 1962; N: 814 (2442); 1884 rural, 558 urban; 1588 males, 854 females; age 21+, See CANTR 1965/5 - Egypt : Non-probability accidental sample, proportionally post- stratified by dwelling; overrepresentation of better edu- cated and urban segments of the population; date: fall, 1960; N: 499 (1237); 820 rural; 417 urban; 848 males; 363 females; age 15+, See CANTR 1965/6 - India : Probability sample, proportionally poststratified by dwel- ling; date: late summer, 1962; N; 2366 (5720); 4472 rural, 1248 urban; 5188 males, 532 females, See CANTR 1965/7 - Israel : Probability sample; date: November 1961 - June, 1962; N: 1170; 578 males, 592 females. A separate sample of mem- bers of 10 Kibbutzim was drawn; N: 300; 167 males; 133 fe- males, See CANTR 1965/8 + CANTR 1965/16 - Japan : Probability sample; date: fall, 1962; N: 972; 437 males, 533 females; age 21+, See CANTR 1965/9 - Nigeria : Probability sample, proportionally stratified by dwelling and region; date: September, 1962 - spring, 1963; N: 1200 (2876); 1054 rural, 822 urban; 580 west, 700 east, 1596 north; 2328 males, 552 females; age 21+ See CANTR 1965/10 - Panama : Probability sample, proportionally poststratified by dwel- ling and mortality; date: January - March, 1962; N: 642 (1351); 786 rural, 565 urban; 622 males, 698 females; age 21+ See CANTR 1965/11 - Philippines : Probability sample, proportionally poststratified by dwel- ling; date: spring, 1959; N: 500 (1388); 1036 rural, 164 semi-urban, 188 urban; 780 males, 608 females; age 21+ See CANTR 1965/12 - Poland : Probability samples of urban and rural populations; date: spring, 1962; N: 1464 (1950); 972 rural, 978 urban; 929 males, 1021 females; age 18+ See CANTR 1965/13 - USA : Probability sample: date: August, 1959; N: 1549 (2696); 2432 white, 264 non-white; 128 males, 1413 females; age 21+ See CANTR 1965/2 - West Germany : Probability area sample; date: September, 1957; N: 480, 219 males, 261 females, See CANTR 1965/14 - Yugoslavia : Probability sample; date: spring, 1962; N: 1523; 727 rural 83 semi-urban, 706 urban; 761 males, 762 females; age 21+ See CANTR 1965/15 | |
| Respondents N = | 18653 |
| N: 18,653 After weighting procedures, mostly for dwelling, the total number of card-units was 33,327 | |
| Non Response | - |
| Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
| by native interviewer | |
| General remarks | Same data also reported in BORTN 1974. |
| Happiness measure(s) used | |
| Full text | Selfreport on single question: Here is a picture of a ladder. Suppose we say that the top of the ladder represents the best possible life for you and the bottom represents the worst possible life for you. Where on the ladder do you feel you personally stand at the present time? [ 10 ] best possible life [ 9 ] [ 8 ] [ 7 ] [ 6 ] [ 5 ] [ 4 ] [ 3 ] [ 2 ] [ 1 ] [ 0 ] worst possible life Preceded by 1) open questions about what the respondent imagines as the best possible life and the worst possible life. 2) ratings on the ladder of one's life five years ago and where on the ladder one expects to stand five years from now. Name: Cantril's self anchoring ladder rating of life (original) |
| Classification | C-BW-c-sq-l-11-a |
| Author's label | Happiness |
| Remarks | 31% low (step 0-3), 42% medium (step 4-6), 20% high (step 7-10) |
| Error estimates | Reliability between coders of around 95% |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 0 - 10 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 5.00 | 5.00 |
| Standard deviation |
| Author's label | Our subject description | |
| Ability to do thingsoneself to increase satisfaction | show | Inner locus of control |
| Age | show | Current age (in years) |
| Being a housewife | show | Full-time home maker |
| Educational level | show | Level of school-education |
| Fear of war | show | Attitudes to war |
| Futurity | show | Orientation on the future |
| Have no fears for the nation | show | Current attitudes to nation |
| Having no worries and fears | show | Amount of worrying |
| Income | show | Current income level (unspecified) |
| Male sex | show | Sex (male vs female) |
| National hopes and aspirations | show | Worries about the nation |
| National worries andfears | show | Worries about the nation |
| Non-labor | show | Current employment status |
| Occupation | show | Current occupation |
| Personal hopes and aspirations | show | Object of life-goals |
| Personal worries andfears | show | Specific worries |
| Positive evaluation of present national situation | show | Evaluation of current situation of nation |
| Report of fears con-cerning economic conditions | show | Aspired income-increase |
| Report of fears con-cerning the family | show | Concern about family |
| Report of fears concerning job or work situation | show | Concern about (un)employment |
| Report of fears concerning values and characte | show | Concern about character |
| Report of hopes con-cerning economic conditions | show | Aspired income-increase |
| Report of hopes con-cerning the family | show | Concern about family |
| Report of hopes concerning job or work situation | show | Concern about (un)employment |
| Report of national fears concerning economic situation | show | Political concern |
| Report of national fears concerning independent status | show | Political concern |
| Report of national fears concerning international situat | show | Political concern |
| Report of national fears concerning political situation | show | Political concern |
| Report of national fears concerning social situation | show | Political concern |
| Report of national hopes concerning economic situation | show | Political concern |
| Report of national hopes concerning independent status | show | Political concern |
| Report of national hopes concerning international situat. | show | Political concern |
| Report of national hopes concerning political situation | show | Political concern |
| Report of national hopes concerning social situation | show | Political concern |
| Report of personal fears concerning in-ternational situat. | show | Political concern |
| Report of personal fears concerning political situation | show | Political concern |
| Report of personal fears concerning social situation | show | Political concern |
| Report of personal hopes concerning in-ternational situat | show | Political concern |
| Report of personal hopes concerning political situation | show | Political concern |
| Report of personal hopes concerning social situation | show | Political concern |
| Socio-economic development | show | Modernity of nation |
| Urban dwelling | show | Rural vs urban dwelling |
| Wish to preserve national status quo | show | Current attitudes to nation |