Study Keith (1985a): study US 1969

Public

58-63 aged unmarried, followed 10 years, USA, 1969-1979

Sample

Respondents

N = 1398

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview

Correlate

Authors's Label

Health

Our Classification

Related specification variables

Operationalization

Two measures were used:
1) The extent to which persons rated      their health better, the same or
   worse than that of other people;
2) Functional capacity, assesed by
   summing responses to two single
   closed questions, rated on a 2-point
   scale (0=yes, 1=no):
  -do you have any health condition,
   physical handicap, or disability
   that limits how well you get around?
  -does your health limit the kind or
   amount of work or housework you can
   do?
   Assessed at T2

Observed Relation with Happiness