| Study | Barnes et al. (1979): study XZ Germany West 1974 |
| Title | Personal Dissatisfaction. |
| Source | Barnes, S.H.;Kaase, M.;Eds.: "Political Action: Mass Participation in Five Western Democracies", Sage, 1979, Beverly Hills, USA, 381 - 407 |
| Public | 16+ aged, general public, Germany, 1974 |
| Sample | Probability stratified sample |
| Non-Response | 28 |
| Respondents N = | 2307 |
| Correlate | |
| Author's label | Protest Potential |
| Page in Source | 390 |
| Our classification | Political participation |
| Operationalization | Approval and activity in 7 political protest behaviors.(each range 0-7) * signing petitions * joining in boycots * attending lawful demonstrations * refusing to pay rent or taxes * joining in wildcat strikes * occupying buildings * blocking traffic The Protest Potential Scale was made from a combination of 2 questions: A: In each case the response categories were: (1)strongly approve (2) approve (3) disapprove and (4) strongly disapprove B: For each of the 7 activities mentioned above, respondents were asked wether they (1) had done (2) would do, (3) might do or(4) would never do such a thing |
| Remarks | See Barnes, Kaase, 1979: Chapter 3 and p. 540-555 |
| Observed Relation with Happiness | ||
| Happiness Measure | Statistics | Elaboration/Remarks |
| O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-ka | r=.02 | ns |
| Code | Full Text |
| O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-ka | Selfreport on single question: How satisfied are you with life as a whole these days.....? 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 (Scale labels not reported) |
| Symbol | Explanation |
| r | PRODUCT-MOMENT CORRELATION COEFFICIENT (Also "Pearson's correlation coefficient' or simply 'correlation coefficient') Type: test statistic. Measurement level: Correlate: metric, Happiness: metric Range: [-1; +1] Meaning: r = 0 « no correlation , r = 1 « perfect correlation, where high correlate values correspond with high happiness values, and r = -1 « perfect correlation, where high correlate values correspond with low happiness values. |