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
- Achieved/confident of becoming wealthy
- Our Classification
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- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Selfreport on single question
"Here are some things which are important to many workers. Which of these things you:
4: have accomplished
3: want and confident to accomplish
2: want but are not confident to accomplish
1: you not want
Becoming a man with sufficient money
(4+3 vs 2+1)
Observed Relation with Happiness
Beta controlled for:
-satisfied with health
-higher monthly income
-religious traditionalist
-grows cash crop
-feel land is secure
-retired for many years
-worked for many years in jobs
-no desire to return to work