Study Mollenkopf & Kaspar (2005): study DE 2000
- Public
- 55+ aged, general public, rural areas, East and West Germany, 2000
- Survey name
- INT-MOBILATE
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 762
- Non Response
- 41,6%
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Visu-motoric coordination (DST)
- Our Classification
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- Distribution
- West Germany: M=28,6; SD=13,0; East Germany: M=34,9;SD=15,4); p<0,001
- Operationalization
- Total test score of the Digit Symbol Test (range 1-67), higher scores indicating higher visu-motoric functioning
Questions:
- Are your eyes good enough to read the paper or a timetable?
- Are your eyes good enough to read a street sign?
- Do you have problems with your eyesight which prevent you (occasionally or permanently) to leave home?
- Are you able to hear clearly what somebody is saying to you in a normal sound volume?
- Do you have problems with your hearing which prevent you (occasonally of permanently) to leave home or see persons?
Observed Relation with Happiness
- Socio-demographic:
- sex
- age
- satisfaction with finances
- Health-related:
- activities of daily living
- affect balance score
- satisfaction with health
- Social network:
- household type
- network variety
- Housing:
- basic household features
- home ownership
- satisfaction with housing
- Living area:
- available services
- neighbourhood features
- satisfaction with living area
- Mobility:
- car use as passenger
- car use as driver
- satisfaction with public transport
- satisfaction with mobility
- Leisure time activities:
- outdoor leisure activities
- satisfaction with leisure activities
No interaction with region (East/West Germany)