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Studies

Stolar et al. (1992): study CA Vancouver, British Columbia 1987

Publication

Author(s):
Stolar, G.E.; Hill, P.; McEntee, M.I.
Title:
Seniors' Assessment of their Health and Life Satisfaction: The Case for Contextual Evaluation.
Source:
International Journal Aging and Human Development, 1992, Vol. 35, 305 - 317.

Investigation

Public
Community dwelling seniors, Vancouver, Canada, 1987-88
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Probability stratified sample
Respondents
N = 520
Non Response
43%
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on open questions coded afterwards by the interviewer

What about your life now?
3  very satisfactory
2  average satisfaction
1  not satisfactory

Preceded by conversation on how life had been overall and followed by view on the future
Classification:
O-SLW-c-oq-v-3-a
Author's label:
Life satisfaction
Remarks:
Mean computed by WDH-team
Page in publication:
308-310
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 5.3%,   2: 45.1%,   3: 49.6%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.44 -
SD:
0.59 -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Nervousness