Study Helliwell & Huang (2010): study CA 2003

Public

Workers, Canada, ,2003

Survey name

CN-GSS 2003

Sample

Respondents

N = 9949

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face
Not reported

Correlate

Authors's Label

Mastery scale, with income effect subtracted

Our Classification

Operationalization

Please tell me if you strongly agree, agree, neither agree nor disagree, disagree, or strongly disagree that:
a. you have little control over the things that happen to you
b. there is really no way you can solve some of the problems you have
c. there is little you can do to change many of the important things in your life
d. you often feel helpless in dealing with problems of life
e. sometimes you feel that you are being pushed around in life
f. what happens to you in the future mostly depends on you
g. you can do just about anything you really set your mind to.

Observed Relation with Happiness