| Publication | |
| Author(s) | Linn, L.S.; Cope, D.W.; Yager, J. |
| Title | Factors Associated with Life Satisfaction among Practising Internists. |
| Source | Medical Care, 1986, Vol. 24, 830 - 837 |
| Investigation | |
| Public | 18+ aged, general public, NW-Wisconsin, USA, 1974 |
| Collect period | winter |
| Survey name | Not available |
| Sample | Not available |
| Probability-multistage area sample | |
| Respondents N = | 1423 |
| Non Response | 7-24 % |
| Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
| Structured interview | |
| General remarks | Same study also reported in BHARA 1977, LINN 1980, MARIT 1984,1985, BUTTE 1977 and WILKE 1978/1. |
| Happiness measure(s) used | |
| Full text | Selfreport on single question: In general, how happy would you say you are these days.....? 7 extremely happy 6 very happy 5 pretty happy 4 not too happy 3 a bit unhappy 2 pretty unhappy 1 very unhappy |
| Classification | O-HL-c-sq-v-7-a |
| Author's label | Happiness |
| Remarks | happy 36%, pretty happy 53%, a bit happy 9%, unhappy 2%. |
| Error estimates | Reliability: range 1-7 M=5.4 Ms'=7.3 Validity: |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 1 - 7 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 5.40 | 7.30 |
| Standard deviation |
| Full text | Selfreport on single question: Considering everything, how satisfied are you with your life as whole.....? 7 completely satisfied 6 satisfied 5 mostly satisfied 4 satisfied/dissatisfied 3 dissatisfied 2 very dissatisfied 1 completely dissatisfied |
| Classification | O-SLW-u-sq-v-7-a |
| Author's label | Life-satisfaction |
| Remarks | Satisfied 87%, mixed (satisfied/dissatisfied) 11%, dissatisfied 2%. |
| Error estimates | Reliability: range 1-7 M=5.2 SD=0.9 Ms'=7.0 Validity: |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 1 - 7 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 5.20 | 7.00 |
| Standard deviation | 0.90 |
| Author's label | Our subject description | |
| Age | show | Current age (in years) |
| Contact with friends | show | Current contacts with friends |
| Divorce/separation | show | Married vs divorced |
| Education | show | Level of school-education |
| Health problems | show | Degree of restriction |
| Income | show | Household income |
| Joint effects | show | Socio-demographic + health + life events |
| Male sex | show | Sex (male vs female) |
| Occupation | show | 'Objective' socio-economic status |
| Unemployment | show | Current employment status |