| Publication | |
| Author(s) | Baker, L.A.; Burr, J.A.; Cahalin, L.P.; Gerst, K. |
| Title | Productive Activities and Subjective Well-Being among Older Adults: The Influence of Number of Activities and Time Commitment. |
| Source | Social Indicators Research, 2005, Vol. 73, 431 - 458 |
| DOI | DOI: 10.1007/s11205-005-0805-6 |
| Investigation | |
| Public | 60+ aged, USA, followed 3 years 1986-1989 |
| Last assesment | 1989 |
| T1: 1986, T2: 1989 | |
| Survey name | Not available |
| American Changing Lives Survey (ACL) | |
| Sample | Probability stratified sample |
| 65+ aged selected from a probability sample of 25+ aged residents of the USA | |
| Respondents N = | 1279 |
| Non Response | Not available |
| T1-T2 dropout greater among males, elderly, lower educated, people in poor health, depressed and unhappy | |
| Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
| Happiness measure(s) used | |
| Full text | Selfreport on single question: We have talked about various parts of your life, now I want to ask you about your life as a whole. How satisfied are you with your life as a whole these days.....? 7 completely satisfied 6 5 4 neutral 3 2 1 completely dissatisfied |
| Classification | O-SLW-c-sq-n-7-a |
| Author's label | Life satisfaction |
| Page in publication | 440 |
| Remarks | Distribution in % on structured range 1-5 Satisfied 60.39% Somewhat satisfied 13.13% Neutral 18,98% Somewhat dissatisfied 4,22% Dissatisfied 3.28% % very satisfied= T1: 71%, T2: 73% |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 1 - 7 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 5.60 | |
| Standard deviation | 1.50 |
| Full text | Selfreport on single question: Taken all together, how would you say things are these days? Would you say that you are....? 3 very happy 2 pretty happy 1 not too happy |
| Classification | O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa |
| Author's label | Happiness |
| Page in publication | 440-453 |
| Remarks | Average in report on reversed scale (M = 1,2) |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 1 - 3 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 2.23 | 7.30 |
| Standard deviation | 0.64 | 1.66 |
| Scores in | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| % | 11.5 | 53.8 | 34.7 |
| Author's label | Subject Code Finding | Subject description |
| Age | A04ab | Current age (in years) |
| Black | E04ab03t | Ethnic status in the USA |
| CESD2 (depressive symptoms index) | H13ac04a | Depressive (f31-33) |
| Earlier life satisfaction | H04ab01b | Past happiness ( 1 to 10 years ago) |
| Education | E01aa01 | Earlier educational level |
| Health condtions | H14aa01 | Earlier physical health |
| Life satisfaction | H07aa01b | O-HL by O-SL |
| Male | G01aa | Sex (male vs female) |
| Married | M01aa | Earlier marital states |
| Religious participation | R12aa01 | Earlier religion |
| Size of support network | S10aa01 | Earlier support received |
| Social activity | S08aa01 | Earlier total social participation |