Hunsberger (1985): study CA 1982
Publication
- Author(s):
- Hunsberger, B.E.
- Title:
- Religion, Age, Life Satisfaction and Perceived Sources of Religiousness: A Study of Older Persons.
- Source:
- Journal of Gerontology, 1985, Vol. 40, 615 - 620
Investigation
- Public
- 65+ aged, general public, Ontario Canada, 1982
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 85
- Non Response
- Assessment
-
Interview: face-to-face
Structured personal interview
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
Taking all things into account, how happy would you say you are these days?
1 not too happy
2 moderately happy
3 very happy - Classification:
- O-HL-c-sq-v-3-ae
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Full text:
-
Self report on life graph:
Ss indicated their happiness on a graph, with 10-year time intervals and a happiness scale ranging from +10 (very happy to -10 (very unhappy)
The last years rating serves as a measure of present happiness
20 | + 10 very happy
19 |
18 ¦
17 |
16 |
15 ¦
14 |
13 |
12 |
11 | 0 neutral
10 |
9 |
8 |
7 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 | -10 very unhappy
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10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 year - Classification:
- O-SLC-c-sq-lg-21-a
- Author's label:
- Happiness