Michalos (1982): study CA Huron County Ontario 1977
Publication
- Author(s):
- Michalos, A.C.
- Title:
- The Satisfaction and Happiness of Some Senior Citizens in Ontario.
- Source:
- Social Indicators Research, 1982, Vol. 11, 1 - 30
Investigation
- Public
- 60+ aged, rural townships,Southern Huron County, Ontario, Canada, 197?
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 392
- Non Response
- 37%
- Assessment
-
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Mailed questionaire,followed by an interview
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
How do you feel about your life as a whole right now.....?
7 delightful
6 very satisfying
5 satisfying
4 mixed
3 dissatisfying
2 very dissatisfying
1 terrible
No opinion
Name: Andrews & Withey's `Delighted-Terrible Scale' ( modified version) - Classification:
- O-DT-c-sq-v-7-aa
- Author's label:
- Life satisfaction
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 5.19 6.98
- SD:
- 0.77 -
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Considering your life as a whole, would you describe it as....:?
1 very unhappy
2
| unhappy
3
4 an even mixture of unhappiness and happiness
5
| happy
6
7 very happy
no opinion - Classification:
- O-HL-u-sq-v-7-a
- Author's label:
- General Happiness
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 5.30 7.16
- SD:
- 1.08 -
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
"Some people have certain goals or aspirations for various aspects of their lives. They claim for a particular sort of home, income, and so on. Compared to your own general aims , would you say that your life measures up to it.....?"
1 not at all
2
3
4 matches
5
6
7 better than you want - Classification:
- C-RG-u-sq-v-7-a
- Author's label:
- Goal achievement
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 5.19 6.98
- SD:
- 1.06 -