Mancini (1978): study US NorthCarolina 1976
Publication
- Author(s):
- Mancini, J.A.
- Title:
- Leisure Satisfaction and Psychological Well-Being in Old Age: Effects of Health and Income.
- Source:
- Journal of American Geriatric Society, 1978, Vol. 26, 550 - 552
Investigation
- Public
- Elderly living in Public Housing Complexes, Grensboro (North Carolina) USA, 1976
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Probability stratified sample
- Respondents
- N = 104
- Non Response
- 29%
- 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)
Preceded by open questions:
a: briefly describe your wishes and hopes for the future
b: describe what would be the most unhappy life for you - Classification:
- C-BW-c-sq-l-10-cb
- Author's label:
- Psychologic Well-Being
- Page in publication:
- 551
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 9 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 6.90 -
- SD:
- - -
Correlational Findings
Satisfaction with time for leisure