Study Moon & Mikami (2007): study JP 2004
- Public
- 65+aged, ethnic Korean naturalized as Japanese and Japanese, Japan, 2005
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 425
- Non Response
- 21.7%
- Assessment
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Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Questionnaire delivered to respondents by the chairpersons of the neighborhood association or the investigator
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Basic ADL
- Our Classification
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- Error Estimates
- Cronbach's alpha is 0.93
- Operationalization
- Basic ADL (Activities of Daily Living):
a: Walking
b: Ascending and descending stairs
c: Eating
d: Dressing
e: Bathing
f: Grooming
g: Toileting
Each subject rated their independence with regard to aforementioned activities on a scale between 3 and 0:
3: Completely independent
2: Needs some help
1: Needs much help
0: Completely dependent
Observed Relation with Happiness
- age
- ethnicity
- gender
- literacy
- living alone
- absence of 'sense of purpose in life'
- public assistance
- pension
- public assistance
- depression
- history of lifestyle related disease