Study Diwan et al. (2004): study US Atlanta, Georgia 1999

Public

Elderly immigrants, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, 1999

Survey name

Unnamed study

Sample

Respondents

N = 226

Non Response

38.08%

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label

Stressful events

Our Classification

Remarks

The scale ranged from 0 to 10 with higher scores indicating a greater number of stressful life events in the past year.

Distribution

M = 1,41

Operationalization

Selfreport on 10 questions about occurence of problems in the past year:
a: financial difficulties
b: family problems
c: job problems
d: problems with people outside the family
e: suffering serious injury
f: death of a spouse or person close to the individual
g: being a victim of a crime
h: having problems with the police
i: being treated badly because of one's race
j: moving to a new home
Rated
1: yes
0: no

Observed Relation with Happiness