| Publication | |
| Author(s) | Botwinick, J.; Storandt, M. |
| Title | Memory, Related Functions and Age. |
| Source | Thomas C. Publisher, 1974, Springfield, Illinois, USA |
| Investigation | |
| Public | 20-80 aged, general public, metropolitan St. Louis area, USA, 197? |
| Year of data gathering not reported | |
| Survey name | Not available |
| Sample | Non-probability purposive sample |
| 10 men and 10 women in 6 age groups: 21-29, 30-39, 40-49, 51-57, 60-69, 70-80. as homogenous with respect ot their socioeconomic backgrounds as possible; all but three from the metropolitan St. Louis area. Participants recruited from various sources: church, community organizations, retirement home, students in evening classes and acquaintances of university staff. | |
| Respondents N = | 120 |
| Non Response | Not available |
| Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
| Happiness measure(s) used | |
| Full text | Self report on single question: Some people seem to be quite happy and satisfied with their lives, while others seem quite unhappy and dissatisfied. Now look at the ladder. Suppose that a person who is entirely satisfied with his life would be at the top of the ladder, and a person who is extremely dissatisfied with his life at the bottom of the ladder. Where would you put yourself on the ladder at the present stage of your life in terms of how satisfied or dissatisfied you are with your personal life?, Circle the number 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 |
| Classification | O-SLu-c-sq-l-11-a |
| Author's label | Life satisfaction scale |
| Page in publication | 49 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 0 - 10 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 7.69 | |
| Standard deviation |
| Author's label | Our subject description | |
| age | show | Current age (in years) |
| Clinical impression | show | Overall selfestimate of mental health |
| Clinical impression | show | Test-intelligence, also classified as above ↑ |
| Control rating | show | Inner locus of control |
| Copying digits | show | Test-intelligence |
| Crossing-off | show | Test-intelligence |
| education | show | Years schooling |
| Health rating | show | Global health rating |
| Health rating | show | Test-intelligence, also classified as above ↑ |
| sex | show | Sex (male vs female) |
| Slow writing | show | Test-intelligence |
| Trailmaking A | show | Test-intelligence |
| Trailmaking B | show | Test-intelligence |
| Vocabulary | show | Test-intelligence |
| VOT (Hooper) | show | Test-intelligence |