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 Sex: 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 Home language other than standard in nation
Language fluency 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