Study Naess et al. (2004): study NO Nord-Trøndelag 1984
- Public:
- 20-90 aged, general public, Nord-Trondelag, Norway followed 1 year, 1985-1996
- Sample:
- Respondents:
- N = 65599
- Non Response:
- Assessment:
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Questionnaire: paper
Participants were invited for a medical screening and answered questionnaire 1 onsite and were given questionaire 2 when having the site. Questionaire 1 (1984) included questions on several diseases aand impairment, self- assessed health, and overall life satisfaction. Questionaire 2 (1995) The participant received a second questionaire with a prepaid, adressed envelope. Its contained a total of 42 questions covering several issues, including physicall and mental health and psychological well- being.
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- life satisfaction
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Happiness assessed at T1: (1984-86) anf T2 (1995-97). Average time difference 11 years
- Operationalization
- Selfreport on single question:
Considering how you feel these days, are you generally satisfied with your life or are you generally dissatisfied?
7 extremely satisfied
6 very satisfied
5 quite satisfied
4 both satisfied and dissatisfied
3 quite dissatisfied
2 very dissatisfied
1 extremely dissatisfied