| Publication | |
| Author(s) | Pearson-Scott, J. |
| Title | Single Rural Elders. A Comparison of Dimensions of Life Satisfaction. |
| Source | Alternative Lifestyles, 1978, Vol. 2, 369 - 378 |
| URL | http://www.springerlink.com/content/jn2271u18283w726/fulltext.pdf |
| Investigation | |
| Public | 65+ aged rural area, United States, 1976-77 |
| Collect period | Spring 1976 to earl |
| Last assesment | 1977 |
| Survey name | Not available |
| not mentioned | |
| Sample | Probability cluster sample |
| Original sample N= 418; Single N=30; married N=214; widowed N=163. The divorced N=1,9 % and separated N= 0,7% were omitted from the statistical analyses of small cell frequencies | |
| Respondents N = | 407 |
| Every person 65 years or older living within the sampled areas was interviewed | |
| Non Response | Not available |
| Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
| trained interviewers; 99-item questionnaire, orally administered to the participants | |
| Happiness measure(s) used | |
| Full text | Selfreport on single question: Taking all together, how would you say things are these days? Would you say you are .....? 3 very happy 2 pretty happy 1 not too happy |
| Classification | O-HL-c-sq-v-3-a |
| Author's label | Expressed Unhappiness |
| Page in publication | 369 |
| Remarks | N=390 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 1 - 3 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 2.21 | 7.25 |
| Standard deviation | 0.77 | 1.99 |
| Scores in | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| % | 21.0 | 37.0 | 42.0 |
| Full text | Selfreport on single question: Lead item not reported. [ 10 ] best possible life [ 9 ] [ 8 ] [ 7 ] [ 6 ] [ 5 ] [ 4 ] [ 3 ] [ 2 ] [ 1 ] worst possible life Name: Cantril's self anchoring Ladder rating of life (modified version) |
| Classification | C-BW-c-sq-l-10-a |
| Author's label | Life Satisfaction |
| Page in publication | 366 |
| Remarks | N=321 Rated on a 4-point scale: 4 (Best possible life): N= 80; 3: N=158; 2 :N=55; 1 (lowest): N=28 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| Author's label | Subject Code Finding | Subject description |
| Marital status | M02aa01 | Married vs never married |
| Marital status | M02aa02 | Married vs widowed, also classified as above ↑ |
| Marital status | M02ab01a | Vs widowed, also classified as above ↑ |