Study Graney & Graney (1973): study US 1971
- Public
- 62-89 aged females, USA, 1971
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 44
- Non Response
- 27%; 24% unattainable, 3% incomplete.
- Assessment
-
Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Personal adjustment.
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Degree of correspondence between orientation towards social participation and actual social participation mode.
1. Orientation towards social
participation was measured by the
adapted Dye (1963) Localism -
Cosmopolitan Scale (see S 4.5, GRANE
1973A).
2. Actual social participation was
measured by 9 social communications
activities, which were arrayed
according to their degree of 'cosmo-
politan characteristics of the
people who are (in)active in them:
-'cosmopolitan' mode of social
participation defined as: visiting
neighbours, friends and relatives
and reading.
-'intermediate' mode of social
participation defined as: church
attendance, television viewing,
and number of memberships in
voluntary associations.
-'local' mode of social
participation defined as: radio-
listening, telephone use, and
participation in voluntary
associations.