Ajrouch (2007): study US Detroit 2001
Publication
- Author(s):
- Ajrouch,
- Title:
- Resources and Well-being among Arab-American elders
- Source:
- Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, (2007), 22: 167-182
Investigation
- Public
- 56+aged, Arab-Americans, USA, 2001-2002
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Non-probability snowball sample
- Respondents
- N = 101
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Based on language preference, two-thirds of the interviews were conducted in English and one-third in Arabic by a native Arabic-speaking bi-lingual interviewer. Interviews occurred at the participants' homes and lasted for approximately an hour.
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
How satisfied are you with your life as a whole these days?
7 completely satisfied
6 quite satisfied
5 somewhat satisfied
4 neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
3 somewhat dissatisfied
2 quite dissatisfied
1 completely dissatisfied - Classification:
- O-SLW-c-sq-v-7-g
- Author's label:
- Life Satisfaction
- Page in publication:
- 172
Correlational Findings
Ever migrated or not
Development of nationality
Number of languages spoken
Support received from children
Current availability of social support
Kind of social support received
Kind of social support received
Attitude to relation with one's children
Kind of social support received
Kind of social support received
Practical support received
Feeling down (vs not)
Summed socio-demographic + social ties