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
- Interviewer's affluence rating
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- proxy for objective assessments of income which proved difficult to obtain
- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Interviewer rating of affluence of interviewee
2: higher level
1:
0:
Observed Relation with Happiness
Beta controlled for:
-satisfaction with health
-need to purchase maize
-grows cash crop
-religious traditionalist
-has a confidant
-keeps goats
-higher monthly income
-more active person
-worked for many years in jobs
-retired for many years
-no desire to return to work
-agrees: modern community leader
Beta controlled for:
-seldom restricted by poor health
-need to purchase maize
-grows cash crop
-religious traditionalist
-more active person
-keeps chickens
-has a confidant
-higher standard house
-keeps goats
-larger size field
-higher monthly income
-no desire to return to work