Study Moller (1985): study ZA 1984

Public

Ex-migrant workers, returned to rural Kwazulu, South Africa, 1984

Survey name

Unnamed study

Sample

Respondents

N = 253

Non Response

Assessment

Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
open- and closed-ended questions. The fieldwork was carried out by three Zulu male research assistants. The fieldworkers spent up to several weeks in any of the research areas to make a detailed study of living conditions of the rural communities.

Correlate

Authors's Label

Job satisfaction when in wage employment

Our Classification

Distribution

very satisfied=5%, satisfied=65%, ambivalent=1%, dissatisfied=26%, very dissatisfied=3%

Related specification variables

Operationalization

selfreport on single question:
"Taking all things together, how satisfied would you say you were in general as a worker in your usual job? Were you ....very satisfied, satisfied, dissatisfied,or very dissatisfied?"

categorized into two category:
1: satisfied
0:

Observed Relation with Happiness