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
- Congruence aspirations/achievements
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- selfreport,
"Here are some things which are important to many workers.
a. Paying enough lobola
b. Educating your children properly
c. Building a solid house for yourself
d. Building up a herd of cattle
e. Becoming a man with sufficient money
f. Becoming a big man in your community
g. Securing a good plot of land to cultivate
h. Starting a small business of your own
Which of these things are:
4: accomplished
3: you want and confiden accomplish
2: you want but are not confident to accomplish 1: you not want
Observed Relation with Happiness
b.educating your children properly r=-.35
c.building a solid house for yourself r=-.31
d.building up a herd of cattle r=-.16
e.becoming a man with sufficient money r=-.33
f.becoming a big man in your community r=-.36
g.securing a good plot of land to cultivate r=-.22
h.starting a small business of your own r=-.14
b.educating your children properly r=+.43
c.building a solid house for yourself r=+.32
d.building up a herd of cattle r=+.27
e.becoming a man with sufficient money r=+.49
f.becoming a big man in your community r=+.43
g.securing a good plot of land to cultivate r=+.27
h.starting a small business of your own r=+.22
Direction of correlation unclear in original report. Sign in table is negative, but tekst indicates positive relationship. Present version approved by author.