Study VanHemert et al. (2002a): study ZZ 1974
- Public
- Adults, general public, 30 countries, 1974-1999
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 44098
- Non Response
- not reported
- Assessment
- Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Affluence
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Affluence factor score from factor analying. where data on this indicatiors were not available for a country in the data set, data added by using Demographic Yearbook 1987(United Nations, 1990), the Unesco statistical Yearbook 1990(United Nations, 1990), and historial weather data web site(WashingtonPost)
- Operationalization
- Affluence score was derived from factor analying all variables constituting the five ecosocial factors by Georgas and Berry (1995):
a. Ecological factor (temperature and
precipitation)
b. Economical factor
c. Educational factor
d. Mass communication factor
(number of telephones, newspapers)
e. Population factor (mortality,
birth rates)