Study Palmore et al. (1979): study US Durham, North Carolina 1968

Public

45-70 aged Durham, USA, followed 6 years 1968-1976

Survey name

Unnamed study

Sample

Respondents

N = 375

Non Response

25.3%

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face
Physician examination T1: 1968/70 T2: 1970/72 T3: 1972/74 T4: 1974/76

Correlate

Authors's Label

Health resources

Our Classification

Remarks

Recoded by WDH team, original codeing: 1 for normal functional ability, 9 for totally disabled T1: 1968; T4: 1976.

Distribution

9: 38%  (high health resourccs);
8: 50%
7+6: 12 % (low health resources).

Psychological resources

Operationalization

Medical rating of functional ability made by a physician at T1;
9 normal functional ability
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
I  totally disabled

Observed Relation with Happiness