Study Dobson (1985): study US 1964

Public

50+ aged males, fulltime employed at T1, followed ten years, Iowa, USA, 1964-74

Sample

Respondents

N = 1870

Non Response

T1 refusals: 8% T1-T2 drop-out: 29%, of which 20% deceased

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label

Approval for political interventions

Our Classification

Operationalization

3 item index of questions about proper role of government in eareas of income, housing and health care (Cutler 1973).
Assessed at T2 (1974).

a. for everybody

b. for the aged

Observed Relation with Happiness