Study Berkman (1971): study US Alameda County, California 1965
- Public
- Adults, general public, Alameda County, USA, 1965
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 6928
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Mailed questionnaire
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Adult stress
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- A 5-item index containing:
1: poor interpersonal relations
2: self-evaluated comparative
financial status
3: physical health
4: parental worries
5: marital satisfaction
Combined into an 11-point scale.
Observed Relation with Happiness
proportion happy:
low stress 0 1.0% AR= .69
1 5.1% AR= .70
2 9.9% AR= .65
3 15.1% AR= .61
4 18.0% AR= .52
5 16.5% AR= .46
6 15.0% AR= .44
7 9.2% AR= .37
8 6.1% AR= .30
9 3.0% AR= .25
high stress 10 1.1% AR= .19
The average ridits (AR) were calculated with
the distribution of the total sample as reference
(N=6828)