Benyamini et al. (2004): study US 1998
Publication
- Author(s):
- Benyamini, Y.; Leventhal, E.A.; Leventhal, H.
- Title:
- Self-Rated Oral Health as an Independent Predictor of Self-Rated General Health, Self-Esteem and Life Satisfaction.
- Source:
- Social Science and Medicine, 2004, Vol. 59, 1109 - 1116
Investigation
- Public
- Residents retirement community, USA, 1998
- Sample
- Probability area sample
- Respondents
- N = 850
- Non Response
- Assessment
-
Interview: face-to-face
At home
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on four questions:
A I am very satisfied with my life
B These are the best years of my life
C My life could be better than it is now
D The quality of my life is poor
Scoring
1 disagree strongly
2
3
4
5 agree strongly
Computation: A+B+C+D/4 (C and D reversed) - Classification:
- O-Sum-*-mq-v-5-b
- Author's label:
- Self-rated health
- Page in publication:
- 1111-16
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.52 -
- SD:
- 0.67 -
Correlational Findings
Oral diseases (k00-14)
Self-perceived chronic illness