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

Perception of aging gradually

Our Classification

Distribution

1:24%; 2:29%; 3:47%

Related specification variables

Operationalization

Selfreport on single question:
"Did you come to think of yourself as elderly/old ?"
3:Very gradually
2:Fairly gradually
1:Rather suddenly

Observed Relation with Happiness