Study Barnes et al. (1979): study AT 1974

Public

16+ aged, general public, Austria, 1974

Sample

Respondents

N = 1584

Non Response

36%

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label

Type of Political Actors

Our Classification

Remarks

See Barnes, Kaase, 1979 p.: 153-157

Distribution

N%
a; 34,9
b: 19,2
c: 20,9
d: 5,9
e: 19,1
Total N: 1265

Operationalization

Type of political actors:                  
a: Inactives       
b: Conformists
c: Reformists
d: Activists
e: Protesters
This typology is based on two Guttman scales of the:
1) the Conventional Political Participation
   Scale(none activities,read newspaper,
   discuss politics, work in community,
   work in political party, convince
   friends, attain political rally) and
2) the Protest Potential Scale (none
   activities, signing petition, attending
   lawful demonstrations,joining boycotts,
   refusing to pay rent or tax, occupying
   buildings, blocking traffic, joining
   wildcat strikes)

Observed Relation with Happiness