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Studies

Ajrouch (2007): study US Detroit 2001

Publication

Author(s):
Ajrouch,
Title:
Resources and Well-being among Arab-American elders
Source:
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, (2007), 22: 167-182

Investigation

Public
56+aged, Arab-Americans, USA, 2001-2002
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Non-probability snowball sample
Respondents
N = 101
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
Based on language preference, two-thirds of the interviews were conducted in English and one-third in Arabic by a native Arabic-speaking bi-lingual interviewer. Interviews occurred at the participants' homes and lasted for approximately an hour.

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

How satisfied are you with your life as a whole these days?
7  completely satisfied
6  quite satisfied
5  somewhat satisfied
4  neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
3  somewhat dissatisfied
2  quite dissatisfied
1  completely dissatisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-v-7-g
Author's label:
Life Satisfaction
Page in publication:
172

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Gender Sexe: male (vs female) Age Current age (in years) Muslim Current religious denomination US born Earlier life (antecedents of happiness)
Ever migrated or not
≥30 years in US Time since migration
Development of nationality
Education Years schooling Income Household income Bilingual Later language
Number of languages spoken
English fluency Current language Confide-Child Kind of social support received
Support received from children
Current availability of social support
Financial-Child Current social support received
Kind of social support received
Sick Care-Child Current social support received
Kind of social support received
Nerves-Child Attitudes to one's own children
Attitude to relation with one's children
Demands-Child Attitude to relation with one's children Confide-Spouse Support by spouse
Kind of social support received
Financial-Spouse Support by spouse
Kind of social support received
Sick Care-Spouse Support by spouse
Practical support received
Nerves-Spouse Attitudes to social support received Demands-Spouse Current behaviors of spouse Negative Feelings Later mood-pattern
Feeling down (vs not)
Total Variants Summed socio-demographic factors only
Summed socio-demographic + social ties