Study Anand et al. (2005): study GB 2000
- Public
- 16+ aged, general public, UK, 2000
- Survey name
- UK-BHPS 2000
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 12040
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Concentration problems
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Selfreport on single question:
Have you recently... been able to concentrate on whatever you're doing?
1: Better than usual
2: Same as usual (reference)
3: Less than usual
4: Much less than usual
Observed Relation with Happiness
"Better than usual" (vs "Same as usual")
"Better than usual" (vs "Same as usual")
B's controled for other aspects of capability:
- Opportunities for:
- health limits
- move to another house
- car available
- adequately nourished
- no vandilism or crime in the area
- high education
- Mental problems: no more than usual
- sleep lost over worrying
- strain
- feeling unhappy or depressed
- lose selfconfidence
- Control over life: no less than usual
- capable of making decisions
- able to overcome problems
- able to face up to problems
- Can afford
- holiday
- new clothes
- taking friends out for drink or diner
- Being respected, no less than usual
- think of yourself as worthless
- played a usefull part in things
- Enjoy; no less tha usual
- felt happy
- enjoyed day-to-day activities
- Participate in society
- vote in last general election
- able to work
- Satisfaction with life domains
(residual variation: proxi for personality)
- job
- partner
- health
- house
- household income
- social life
- leisure