Publication |
Author(s) | Graney, M.J. |
Title | Happiness and Social Participation in Aging. |
Source | Journal of Gerontology, 1975, Vol. 30, 701 - 706 |
Investigation |
Public | 62-89 aged females, followed 4 years, USA, 1967-71 |
Last assesment | 1971 |
| 1967-1971 |
Survey name | Not available |
Sample | Not available |
| Probability systematic random sample. |
Respondents N = | 44 |
Non Response | 27%; 24% unattainable, 3% incomplete. |
Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
| at home. |
General remarks | Same study also reported in GRANE 1973A and 1973B |
Happiness measure(s) used |
Author's label | | Our subject description |
Association attendance | show | Attendance to meetings |
Association member- ships | show | Membership of voluntary organizations |
Attending religious services | show | Participation in church |
Attending religious services more often | show | Change in religion |
Changes in social activities over 4 years | show | Change in amount of organizational participation |
Changes in social activities over 4 years | show | Change in personal contacts, also classified as above ↑ |
Changes in social activities over 4 years | show | Change in total social participation, also classified as above ↑ |
Contacts with friends and relatives | show | Current contacts |
Contacts with neighbors | show | Current contacts |
Contacts with neighbors | show | Social contacts in vinicity, also classified as above ↑ |
Frequency of telephone use | show | Current contacts |
Listening more to the radio | show | Change in specific leisure activities |
Listening to radio | show | Tv watching, radio listening |
Reading | show | Reading |
Reading more | show | Change in specific leisure activities |
Watching more television | show | Change in specific leisure activities |
Watching television | show | Tv watching, radio listening |