Publication | |
Author(s) | Koivumaa-Honkanen, H.T. |
Title | Life Satisfaction as a Health Predictor. |
Source | Doctoral Dissertation, University of Turku, 1998, Finland (Kuopio University Publications D. Medical Sciences 143) |
Investigation | |
Public | 18-64 aged adult twin pairs, Finland, 1975 |
Survey name | Not available |
Sample | Non-probability purposive sample |
Selected from Finnish twin cohort basic file, which continued sampled all Finnish twins born before 1958 with both members alive in 1975 | |
Respondents N = | 29444 |
Non Response | 271 |
Assesment | Questionnaire: paper |
Mailed questionnaire | |
General remarks | This except reports the findings yielded by one item in a four item life-satisfaction scale. Unfortunately the full scale does not meet the validity demands of this database. Since most of the analyses are doen with the full scale, this except reports only a fraction of the findings. |
Happiness measure(s) used |
Full text | Selfreport on single question Do you feel your life at present is…? 5 very happy 4 fairly happy 3 cannot say 2 fairly sad 1 very sad |
Classification | O-HL-c-sq-v-5-j |
Remarks | CI95 [3.85-3.87] Original scale is reversed. This item is part of a 4-item life satisfaction scale. The other items concern the agree to which life is 'interesting', 'easy', and 'lonely' and do not fit the demands for inclusion in this data base. |
Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
On original range 1 - 5 | On range 0 - 10 | |
Mean | 3.86 | 7.15 |
Standard deviation |
Author's label | Our subject description | |
Age | show | Current age (in years) |
Baseline health | show | Current general health status |
Gender | show | Sex (male vs female) |
general easy of living | show | Easy (vs hard) |
Interest in life | show | Single aspect evaluations (on criteria of good life) |
Life satisfaction | show | Multiple aspect evaluations of life |
Lonliness | show | Feeling lonely (vs not) |