| Publication |
| Author(s) | Oswald, F.; Fange, Agneta; Iwarsson, Susanne; Nygren, Carita; Schilling, O.; Sixsmith, Andrew; Sixsmith, Judith; Szeman, Zsuzsa; Tomsone, Signe; Wahl, H.W. |
| Title | Relationships Between Housing and Healthy Aging in Very Old Age. |
| Source | The Gerontologist, Vol. 47, No. 1, 96 - 107 |
| Investigation |
| Public | 75-89 aged, living alone in urban districts, five European nations 2002-2004 |
| | 2002-2004 |
| Survey name | ENABLE-AGE |
| | It was a three-year European project funded by the European Commission which aims to explore the home environment as a determinant for healthy ageing in old age. |
| Sample | Probability stratified sample |
| | Only persons living in single-person private househols were included in the sample |
| Respondents N = | 1918 |
| | Sweden N=397, Germany N=450, United Kingdom N=376, Hungary N=392, Latvia N=303 |
| Non Response | Not available |
| Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
| Happiness measure(s) used |
| Full text | Selfreport on 20 questions.
This scale consists of a number of words that describe different feelings and emotions. Read each item and mark the appropriate answer in the space next to that word. Indicate to what extend you felt this way during the past year?
A nervous
B distressed
C afraid
D jittery
E irritable
F upset
G scared
H exiled
I ashamed
J guilty
K hostile
L active
M determined
N inspired
O enthusiastic
P alert
Q attentive
R proud
S strong
T interested
Answer options:
1 very slightly or not at all
2 a little
3 moderately
4 quite a bit
5 extremely
Negative affect score (NAS): A to K
Positive affect score (PAS): L to T
Affect Balance Score (ABS): PAS - NAS
Name: Watson et al's PANAS ('past year' version) |
| Classification | A-BW-cy-mq-v-5-f |
| Author's label | Affect-Balance |
| Page in publication | 101 |
| Remarks | Affect-Balance computed by WDH team, subtracting average Positive Affect from Negative Affect for each of the five European countries (Sweden, Germany, Uk, Hungary and Latvia). After that, the average ABS score of the countries calculated.
Sweden: M=1.1, Germany: M=1.4, UK: M=1.4,, Hungary: M=1.3, Latvia: M=0.6 |
Finding used in
nation ranks | Yes |