Study Fengler et al. (1983): study US Vermont 1978
- Public
- Elderly, Vermont, USA, 1978
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 1400
- Non Response
- < 10%
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Interview at home of respondent. Interviewers were mostly women with some advanced education. All interviewers had received a training.
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Population density in vicinity
- Our Classification
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- Distribution
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Range < 10 to > 5000, median 161
- urban 90%,
- nonurban 10% - Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Residents per square mile in communiy
Observed Relation with Happiness
Respondents scoring high on positive affect
Respondents scoring high on negative affect
Betas controled for
- Perceived adequacy of health
- Perceive ease of transportation
- Perveived adequacy of income
- Availaibility of someone to care for respondent
- Perceived satisfaction with housing
- Participation in groups
Betas unaffected by additional control for
- age
- income
Happiness (life-satisfaction) was somewhat higher among elderly people residing in urban areas, both among elderly who exprinced most positive affects and elderly who experience most negative affects.