Study Bowling & Gabriel (2004): study GB 2001
- Public
- 65+aged, Britain, 2000-2001
- Survey name
- Omnibus Survey
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 999
- Non Response
- 23%
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Interviews took place in the homes of respondents. They lasted between 60-90 minutes.
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Self-efficacy
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- (Schwarzer, 1993)
- Operationalization
- Self report on 3 questions:
a: How much control do you feel you have over the important things in your life?
1: a lot of control
2: some control
3: little/no control
b: Things never work out the way I want them to
c: When I make plans I am certain to make them work
d: Failure just makes me try harder
Rated
1: strongly disagree
;
5: strongly agree'
Observed Relation with Happiness
- social comparisons and expectations
- health
- health values
- social capital
- age
- gender
- socioeconomic status