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Moller (1985): study ZA 1984

Publication

Author(s):
Moller, V.
Title:
Quality of Life in Retirement: A Survey Evaluation of Return Migration tot Kwazulu.
Source:
Monograph No. 10, Center for Applied Social Sciences, 1985, University of Napal, Durban, South Africa

Investigation

Public
Ex-migrant workers, returned to rural Kwazulu, South Africa, 1984
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Non-probability purposive sample
Respondents
N = 253
Non Response
Assessment
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
open- and closed-ended questions. The fieldwork was carried out by three Zulu male research assistants. The fieldworkers spent up to several weeks in any of the research areas to make a detailed study of living conditions of the rural communities.

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taken all things together, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole these days? On the whole, would you say you are.....?
5  very satisfied
4  satisfied
3  neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
2  dissatisfied
1  very dissatisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-v-5-g
Author's label:
Life satisfaction
Page in publication:
156
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 19.5%,   2: 44%,   3: 0%,   4: 35.5%,   5: 0%   (total 99%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.52 4.67
SD:
1.17 2.90
Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all things together in your life, how would you say things are these days?  Would you say you are ....?
5  very happy
4  happy
3  neither happy nor unhappy
2  unhappy
1  very unhappy
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-v-5-a
Author's label:
Happiness
Page in publication:
157
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 33.9%,   2: 21.5%,   3: 2%,   4: 35.5%,   5: 7%   (total 99.9%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.60 4.03
SD:
1.43 3.08

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Number of years worked in town