Publication |
Author(s) | Bowling, A.P.; Farquhar, M. |
Title | The Health and Well-being of Jewish People Aged 65 to 85 Years Living at Home in the East End of London. |
Source | Ageing and Society, 1993, Vol. 13, 213 - 244 |
URL | http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0144686X00000866 |
DOI | DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X00000866 |
Investigation |
Public | 65-85 aged, East End of London, 1989 |
Collect period | winter |
Last collect period | early spring |
Survey name | Unnamed study |
Sample | Probability stratified sample |
| A sampling fraction of 1 in 23 for people aged 65<75 and 1 in 16 for people aged 75<85 was calculated: proportional to their numbers in the population from local family practitioner committee records. |
Respondents N = | 691 |
| once ineligible sample members (who died or moved to other district) were deducted from the initial size of 806. |
Non Response | 33 % |
| 19 % refused to be interviewed
11 % where never in when the interviewer called
3 % were very ill or mentaly confused |
Assesment | Multiple methods |
Happiness measure(s) used |