Study Baker et al. (2005): study US 1986
- Public
- 60+ aged, USA, followed 3 years 1986-1989
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 1279
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Physical activity
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Assessed at T1
- Distribution
- Range 0-9, M = 5,0, SD = 2,6
- Operationalization
- Self reported activities in the last year:
- gardening
- taking walks
- exercising, sports
Rated:
0 Never
1 Rarely
2 Sometimes
3 Often
Observed Relation with Happiness
- T1 activity in voluntary associations
- T1 health
- T1 social support
- T1 religious participation
- Demographic variables
- age
- gender
- education
- race
- marital status
- Demographic variables
- age
- gender
- education
- race
- marital status
- T1 health
- T1 kind of activities
- physical activity
- social activities
- religious participation
- T1 social support
- T1 happiness (indicating CHANGE in happiness)