| Publication | |
| Author(s) | Martin, J.K.; Lichter, D.T. |
| Title | Geographic Mobility and Satisfaction with Life and Work. |
| Source | Social Science Quarterly, 1983, Vol. 64, 524 - 534 |
| Investigation | |
| Public | 16+ aged, employees, Michigan/US, followed 4 years, 1973-1977 |
| Last assesment | 1977 |
| T1: 1973, T2: 1977 | |
| Survey name | Quality of Employment Survey (QES) |
| Sample | Probability sample (unspecified) |
| Respondents N = | 827 |
| Non Response | (43%) |
| Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
| Happiness measure(s) used | |
| Full text | Self-report on two questions: A) Taking all things together, how would you say things are these days? Would you say you are: 1: not too happy 2: pretty happy 3: very happy B) In general, how satisfying do you find the ways you're spending your life these days? Would you call it: 1: not very satisfying 2: pretty satisfying 3: very satisfying Computation: A+B |
| Classification | O-Sum-c-mq-v-7-d |
| Author's label | Subjective well-being |
| Page in publication | 529 |
| Remarks | T1: M= 3.50-3.58 ,T2:M=3.27-3.34 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 2 - 6 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 3.42 | |
| Standard deviation |
| Author's label | Our subject description | |
| Age | show | Ageing |
| Education | show | Level of school-education |
| Migration | show | Earlier residential mobility |
| Past income | show | Earlier level of income |
| Past income | show | Household income , also classified as above ↑ |
| Past subjective well-being | show | Past happiness ( 1 to 10 years ago) |
| Perceived extrinsic job rewards | show | Earlier work-attitudes |
| Perceived intrinsic job rewards | show | Earlier work-attitudes |