Cargan et al. (1989): study ZZ East-West pairs 1987
Publication
- Author(s):
- Cargan, L.; Hamura, S.; Sakai, T.
- Title:
- Leisure Time and Happiness: A Cross-cultural Comparison of East and West.
- Source:
- Unpublished Paper, Wright State University, 1989, USA
Investigation
- Public
- 21+ aged, married, Japan and USA, 1987
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 400
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
USA: face to face interview, Japan: highly structured questionnaire
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
"How happy are you most of the time.....?"
3 happy
2 neither happy nor unhappy
1 unhappy - Classification:
- M-TH-g-sq-v-3-a
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Remarks:
- Japan: M= 2.79 Ms'= 8.95 SD= .54
USA: M= 2.84 Ms'= 9.2 SD= .5