| Publication | |
| Author(s) | Easterlin, R.A. |
| Title | Does Economic Growth Improve the Human Lot? Some Empirical Evidence. |
| Source | David, P.A.;Melvin, W.R.;Eds.: "Nations and Households in Economic Growth", Academic Press, 1974, New York, USA, 89 - 125. |
| Investigation | |
| Public | 18+ aged, general public, United States, 1952 |
| Collect period | 11 |
| Survey name | US-AIPO 508 |
| Sample | Probability multistage stratified area sample |
| Respondents N = | 3003 |
| Non Response | 0 |
| Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
| Happiness measure(s) used | |
| Full text | Self report on single question: In general, how happy would you say you are ? 3 very happy 2 fairly happy 1 not at all happy |
| Classification | O-HL-g-sq-v-3-a |
| Page in publication | 109 |
| DKNA % | 1.0 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 1 - 3 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 2.38 | 7.33 |
| Standard deviation | 0.65 | 2.41 |
| Scores in | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| % | 9.0 | 43.0 | 47.0 |