Kivett (2000): study US 1976
Publication
- Author(s):
- Kivett, V.R.
- Title:
- Very-Old Rural Adults: Functional Status and Social Support.
- Source:
- Journal of Applied Gerontology, 2000, Vol. 19, 58 - 77
Investigation
- Public
- Very old, rural area USA, followed 20 years, 1976-1997
- Sample
- Probability multi-stage cluster sample
- Respondents
- N = 49
- Non Response
- > 10%
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Here is a picture of a ladder. Suppose we say that the top of the ladder (9) represents the best possible life for you and the bottom (0) represents the worst possible life for you. Where on the ladder do you feel personally stand at the present time?
[ 9 ] best possible life for you
[ 8 ]
[ 7 ]
[ 6 ]
[ 5 ]
[ 4 ]
[ 3 ]
[ 2 ]
[ 1 ]
[ 0 ] worst possible life for you
Name: Cantril's self anchoring ladder rating of life (adapted version) - Classification:
- C-BW-c-sq-l-10-ca
- Author's label:
- Life satisfaction
- Remarks:
- Mean taken from table 1. This value is not consistent with mean life satisfaction mentioned on page 5 of the webversion of this text (M=4,37).
- Page in publication:
- 4,12
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 9 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 6.90 7.59
- SD:
- - -