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
- Making decisions capabilities
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Selfreport on single question:
Have you recently... felt capable of making decisions about things?
1: More so than usual
2: No more than usual (reference)
3: Less so than usual
4: Much less than usual
Observed Relation with Happiness
"More so than usual" (vs"No more than usual")
"Less so than usual" (vs"No more than usual")
B's controled for other aspects of capability:
- Opportunities for:
- adequate nourishment
- health limits
- move to another house
- car available
- no vandalism or crime in the area
- high education
- Mental problems: no more than usual
- able to concentrate
- sleep lost over worrying
- feeling unhappy or depressed
- strain
- lose selfconfidence
- Control over life: no less than usual
- 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