Study Noelle-Neumann (1977a): study XZ Germany West 1976 /5
- Public
- 16-29 aged and pensioners, West-Germany, 1976
- Survey name
- DE-Allensbacher Survey
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 890
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Activity interests
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Ss were invited to choose some main interests from a list of 24 activities.
Observed Relation with Happiness
- Being home
- Gardening+flowers
- Reading
- Walking
- Music
- Going out by car
- Inviting people or making invitations
- Playing with children
- Helping other people
- Being busy with animals
- Playing cards, chess etc.
- To go out
- Sports (watching and visiting)
- Hobbies
- Writing letters
This pattern is similar among the young (16 - 29) and pensioners. Exceptions are:
- watching television: pensioners 76%, young 78%;
- plain leasure: the young 45%, pensioners 50%
- handycraft: the young 33%, pensioners 44% and pensioners 28%, the young 31%
- hobbies: the young 28%, pensioners 29%
- writing letters: the young 11%, penioners 14%