Publication |
Author(s) | Ajrouch, |
Title | Resources and Well-being among Arab-American elders |
Source | Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, (2007), 22: 167-182 |
DOI | doi: 10/1007/10823-006-9033-z |
Investigation |
Public | 56+aged, Arab-Americans, USA, 2001-2002 |
| Arab-American refers to those individuals whose ancestors arrived from an Arab speaking country, which include 22 nations in North Africa and West Asia. |
Collect period | November 2001 |
Last collect period | Spring 2002 |
Survey name | Unnamed study |
Sample | Non-probability snowball sample |
| Respondents were accessed primarily through religious institutions. |
Respondents N = | 101 |
| Lebanese 57%, Syrian 19%, Iraqi 10% |
Non Response | Not available |
Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
| Based on language preference, two-thirds of the interviews were conducted in English and one-third in Arabic by a native Arabic-speaking bi-lingual interviewer. Interviews occurred at the participants' homes and lasted for approximately an hour. |
General remarks | Interviews started after 9/11 terrorist assaults in the US by Arab Islamists |
Happiness measure(s) used |
Author's label | | Our subject description |
Age | show | Current age (in years) |
Bilingual | show | Later language |
Bilingual | show | Number of languages spoken, also classified as above ↑ |
Confide-Child | show | Current social support received |
Confide-Child | show | Kind of social support received, also classified as above ↑ |
Confide-Spouse | show | Kind of social support received |
Confide-Spouse | show | Support by spouse, also classified as above ↑ |
Demands-Child | show | Attitude to relation with one's children |
Demands-Spouse | show | Current behaviors of spouse |
Education | show | Years schooling |
English fluency | show | Current language |
Financial-Child | show | Current social support received |
Financial-Child | show | Kind of social support received, also classified as above ↑ |
Financial-Spouse | show | Kind of social support received |
Financial-Spouse | show | Support by spouse, also classified as above ↑ |
Gender | show | Sex (male vs female) |
Income | show | Household income |
Muslim | show | Current religious denomination |
Negative Feelings | show | Feeling down (vs not) |
Negative Feelings | show | Later mood-pattern, also classified as above ↑ |
Nerves-Child | show | Attitude to relation with one's children |
Nerves-Child | show | Attitudes to one's own children, also classified as above ↑ |
Nerves-Spouse | show | Attitudes to social support received |
Sick Care-Child | show | Current social support received |
Sick Care-Child | show | Kind of social support received, also classified as above ↑ |
Sick Care-Spouse | show | Kind of social support received |
Sick Care-Spouse | show | Support by spouse, also classified as above ↑ |
Total Variants | show | Socio-demographic + social ties |
Total Variants | show | Socio-demographic factors only, also classified as above ↑ |
US born | show | Earlier life (antecedents of happiness) |
US born | show | Ever migrated or not, also classified as above ↑ |
?30 years in US | show | Nationality career |
?30 years in US | show | Time since migration, also classified as above ↑ |