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
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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
- Perceived security of landholding
- Our Classification
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- Distribution
- 1: 75%; 0:23%; no land:2%
- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Selfreport on single question
"Do you feel that you will be able to keep this land as long as you wish or need to?"
1: feel secure(yes)
0: feel insecure(no)
Observed Relation with Happiness
Beta controlled for:
-satisfied with health
-higher monthly income
-religious traditionalist
-grows cash crop
-retired for many years
-worked for many years in jobs
-no desire to return to work
-achieved/confident of becoming wealthy