| Publication | |
| Author(s) | Pinhey, T.K.; Colfax, R.S.; Rubinstein, D.H. |
| Title | Overweight and Happiness: The Reflected Self-Appraisal Hypothesis Reconstructed. |
| Source | Social Science Quarterly, 1997, Vol. 78, 747 - 755. |
| DOI | DOI:9710113640 |
| Investigation | |
| Public | 18+ aged, general public, Guam, USA, 1991 |
| Collect period | 3-5 |
| Survey name | US-Behavioral Risk Factor Survey |
| Sample | Probability systematic sample |
| Sampling frame of 35277 households; relative proportion of households for each of 19 villages to the total pool was calculated; interviews with head of household, spouse and eldest dependent (18+); one was chosen for inclusion in the study. | |
| Respondents N = | 398 |
| Non Response | 29,6 |
| Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
| Happiness measure(s) used | |
| Full text | Selfreport on single question: During the past 4 weeks….. Have you been a happy person? 6 all of the time 5 most of the time 4 a good bit of the time 3 some of the time 2 a little of the time 1 none of the time Item MH5 in SF-36 (Medical Outcome Study 36 item Short Form) |
| Classification | M-TH-cm-sq-v-6-a |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 1 - 6 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 3.96 | |
| Standard deviation | 1.16 |
| Author's label | Our subject description | |
| Age | show | Young versus old |
| Education | show | Level of school-education |
| Employed | show | Current employment status |
| Ethnicity | show | Ethnic status in the USA |
| Income | show | Household income |
| Married | show | Married state (compared to non-married states) |
| Overweight | show | Weight |
| Parent | show | Ever had children (vs not) |
| R*R | show | Summed effects of current individual conditions (micro level) |
| Sexe | show | Sex (male vs female) |