Study Noble (2009): study UA Kharkiv oblast 2007

Public

18-85 aged, general public, 2 districts in city Kyiv, Ukraine, 2007

Survey name

Unnamed study

Sample

Respondents

N = 136

Non Response

Assessment

Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)

Correlate

Authors's Label

Control

Our Classification

Distribution

M=0.53;   Borshegovka M=0.48 sd=0.50;   Pechersk M=0.62 sd=0.48;   p-value of difference= 0.11

Operationalization

Self-report on single question:
"Some people feel that they have a completely free choice and control over their lives, while others feel that what they do has no real effect on what happens to them. Using a scale of 1-10 where 1 means 'no choice at all' and 10 means 'a great deal of choice', indicate how much freedom of choice and control you feel you have over the way your life turns out."

converted to a dichotomy
1: quite a bit or full control
0: little or no control

Observed Relation with Happiness