Bowling (2007): study GB 2006
Publication
- Author(s):
- Bowling, A.P.
- Title:
- Quality of Life in older Age.
- Source:
- Mollenkopf, H. (Ed) "International and Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives", Springer, Dordrecht, 2007, Netherlands, 15 - 30
Investigation
- Public
- 65+ aged, general public, United Kingdom, 2006
- Sample
- Probability systematic sample
- Respondents
- N = 1299
- Non Response
- 23%
- Assessment
-
Interview: face-to-face
Respondents were interviewed at home
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question
.. quality of life (full text not reported)
7 could not be better
6 very good
5 good
4 all right
3 bad
2 very bad
1 could not be worse - Classification:
- O-QOL-?-sq-v-7-a
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Remarks:
- Mean estimated by WDH-team on basis on Fig. 1 and partial distribution given on p.19:
4% of males and 6% of females rated their QOL as 'so good it could not be better' (7); 78% of males and 70% of females labeled it as 'very good' (6) or 'good' (5); the remainder rated it as 'alright', 'bad', 'very bad', or 'so bad it could not be worse'. - Page in publication:
- 18,19
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0.8%, 2: 0.6%, 3: 1.9%, 4: 15.3%, 5: 31.1%, 6: 44.7%, 7: 5.6% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 5.25 7.09
- SD:
- 0.97 1.61