| Publication | |
| Author(s) | Hunsberger, B.E. |
| Title | Religion, Age, Life Satisfaction and Perceived Sources of Religiousness: A Study of Older Persons. |
| Source | Journal of Gerontology, 1985, Vol. 40, 615 - 620 |
| Investigation | |
| Public | 65+ aged, general public, Ontario Canada, 1982 |
| Survey name | Not available |
| Sample | Not available |
| Purposive sampling: Expert choice | |
| Respondents N = | 85 |
| Non Response | Not available |
| Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
| Structured personal interview | |
| General remarks | In this study a timegraph is used which measures perceived earlier happiness retrospectively. |
| Happiness measure(s) used | |
| Full text | Selfreport on single question: Taking all things into account, how happy would you say you are these days? 1 not too happy 2 moderately happy 3 very happy |
| Classification | O-HL-c-sq-v-3-ae |
| Author's label | Happiness |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| Full text | Selfreport on life graph: Ss indicated their happiness on a graph, with 10-year time intervals and a happiness scale ranging from +10 (very happy to -10 (very unhappy) The last years rating serves as a measure of present happiness 20 | + 10 very happy 19 | 18 ¦ 17 | 16 | 15 ¦ 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 0 neutral 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | -10 very unhappy ______________________________________ 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 year |
| Classification | O-SLC-c-sq-lg-21-a |
| Author's label | Happiness |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| Author's label | Our subject description | |
| Agree with beliefs taught | show | Change in religion |
| Background religiousemphasis | show | Religious upbringing |
| Christian orthodoxy | show | Christian orthodoxy |
| Church Attendance | show | Participation in church |
| Importance of beliefs | show | Concern about religion |