Study Ajrouch (2007): study US Detroit 2001

Public

56+aged, Arab-Americans, USA, 2001-2002

Survey name

Unnamed study

Sample

Respondents

N = 101

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face
Based on language preference, two-thirds of the interviews were conducted in English and one-third in Arabic by a native Arabic-speaking bi-lingual interviewer. Interviews occurred at the participants' homes and lasted for approximately an hour.

Correlate

Authors's Label

Income

Our Classification

Remarks

Income is operationalized as the total pre-tax household income from all sources (jobs, interest, rents and so forth) for him/her and all family members with whom he/she lived for the previous year:

Operationalization

1: <$20,000 a year
2: $20-$39,999 a year
3: $40-$59,999 a year
4: $60,000 or above a year

Observed Relation with Happiness