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Correlational findings

Study Shmotkin & Hadari (1996): study IL 1991

Public
60+ aged, Israel, 1991
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Respondents
N = 830
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
The respondents were interviewed individually or in small groups. They were approached in some dozens of public sites as well as private homes over the country.

Correlate

Authors's Label
General contentment
Our Classification
Remarks
tems that load high on a factor derived from responses to several geriatric adjustment scales
Operationalization
Selfreport on 6 questions
a: How satisfied are you with your life today?
b: How much do you feel lonely?
c: I sometimes feel thjat life isn't worth living
d: Life is hard for me much of the time
e: this is the dreadiest time of my life
f: I see enough of my friiends and relatives

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks C-BW-c-sq-l-11-a r = +.51 p < .0001 O-DT-c-sq-v-7-aa r = +.55 p < .0001 O-HL-c-sq-v-3-c r = +.53