Study Moller (1988a): study ZA 1983
- Public:
- Ex-migrant workers, returned to rural KwaZulu, South Africa, 1983
- Sample:
- Respondents:
- N = 253
- Non Response:
- Assessment:
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's label
- Pension income
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- 0: yes
1: no
(Retirees must pass a means test in order too qualify for old age pensions:
so the well-to-do don't have a pension)
Observed Relation with Happiness
ß controlled for:
- Satisfied with health
- Voluntary retirement
- More active person
- Has a confidant
- Higher standard income
- Community elder
- Satisfied with job while working
- Enjoys aspects of retirement
- Retired suddenly
- Is happy as grandparents were
- Agrees:planning is key to success
- Preference for entrepreneurship in retirement
- Higher modernity score
ß controlled for:
- Satisfaction with health
- Perceived financial adequacy
- Community elder
- Has a confidant
- Looked forward to retirement
- Is happy as grandparents were
- Aged gradually