Study Moller (1989): study ZA 1983 /1
- 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
- Achieved/confident of becoming wealthy
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Here are some things that are important to many workers. Which of these things:
4. have you accomplished in your life
3. are you confident that you will
accomplish
2. are you not confident that you will
accomplish
1. you do not want
e Becoming a man of sufficient money
(one item from a longer list)
(4+3 vs 2+1)
Observed Relation with Happiness
report. Sign in table is negative, but text indicates postive relationship. Present version
approved by author.
-65 years old
ß controlled for:
- Satisfied with health
- Higher monthly income
- Religious traditionalist
- Grows cash crop
- Feels land is secure
- Retired for many years
- Worked for many years in jobs
- No desire to return to work