Study Soumerai & Avorn (1983): study US Massachusetts 1981

Public

60+ aged retired participants in a work program and controls,followed 6 months, USA 1981

Survey name

Unnamed study

Sample

Respondents

N = 54

Non Response

14,8%

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face
T1: 1981 T2: the final 6 weeks of the 6-month intervention program

Correlate

Authors's Label

Part-time work after retirement

Our Classification

Remarks

T1: 1981. T2: the final 6 weeks of the 6-month intervention program

Distribution

T1: N= 1: 25, 0:29, T2: N= 1: 24, 0:22

Operationalization

Retirees were randomly selected to work in the city's park as beautificatiors, 4 hours each morning 5 days a week, at a pay rate of $6 per hour.
1 Yes: experimental group
0 No: control group

Observed Relation with Happiness