Ajrouch (2007): study US Detroit 2001
Publication
- Author(s):
- Ajrouch,
- Title:
- Resources and Well-being among Arab-American elders
- Source:
- Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, (2007), 22: 167-182
Investigation
- Public
- 56+aged, Arab-Americans, USA, 2001-2002
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Non-probability snowball sample
- Respondents
- N = 101
- Non Response
- Assessment
-
Interview: face-to-face
Based on language preference, two-thirds of the interviews were conducted in English and one-third in Arabic by a native Arabic-speaking bi-lingual interviewer. Interviews occurred at the participants' homes and lasted for approximately an hour.
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
How satisfied are you with your life as a whole these days?
7 completely satisfied
6 quite satisfied
5 somewhat satisfied
4 neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
3 somewhat dissatisfied
2 quite dissatisfied
1 completely dissatisfied - Classification:
- O-SLW-c-sq-v-7-g
- Author's label:
- Life Satisfaction
- Page in publication:
- 172