Borges & Dutton (1976): study US 1974
Publication
- Author(s):
- Borges, M.A.; Dutton, L.J.
- Title:
- Attitudes Toward Aging.
- Source:
- The Gerontologist, 1976, Vol. 16, 220 - 224
Investigation
- Public
- Acqaintances of students, San Diego State Univ., USA
- Sample
- Non-probability purposive sample
- Respondents
- N = 532
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on life graph
"......quality of life......."
7 | very good
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6 |
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5 |
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4 |
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3 |
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2 |
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1 | very bad
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10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 - Classification:
- O-SLL-cy-sq-lg-7-a
- Author's label:
- Satisfaction with own life
- Remarks:
- From original question here only reported interval of respondents own current age-group.
Scale values: (1=very good....7= very bad) reported in BORGE 1984.
Mean of happiness estimated from graph. - Page in publication:
- 221
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.10 -
- SD:
- - -