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

Positive anticipation of retirement

Our Classification

Distribution

1:28%; 2:72%

Related specification variables

Operationalization

selfreport on single question:
"Looking back in time, did you look forward to retirement or did you dislike the idea?"
1:  positive (looked forward to retirement)
0:  negative (disliked the idea)

Observed Relation with Happiness