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 | Our subject description | |
Marital status | show | Married vs never married |
Marital status | show | Married vs widowed, also classified as above ↑ |
Marital status | show | Vs widowed, also classified as above ↑ |