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Fararouei et al. (2013): study IR 2008

Publication

Author(s):
Fararouei, M.; Akbartabar Toori, M.; Brown, I.J.
Title:
Happiness and Health Behaviour in Iranian adolescent Girls.
Source:
Journal of Adolescence, 2013, Vol. 36, 1187-1192

Investigation

Public
11-19 aged highschool girls, Iran, 200?
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Non-probability chunk sample
Respondents
N = 9867
Non Response
Assessment
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

All in all, how happy are you with your life these days?
0  extremely unhappy
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 extremely happy
-    cannot choose
-    skipped
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-n-11-b
Author's label:
Happiness
Remarks:
Mean and Sd computed by WDH team from table 2
Page in publication:
1188, 1189
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.85 6.85
SD:
3.30 3.30

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Age Age difference among young people Weight Weight Height Height Class score School-success Disease Current general health status Exercise Physical activity Exposed to second hand smoke Current healthy life-style
Use of tobacco
Fruit consumption What one eats
Healthy eating
Vegetable consumption What one eats
Healthy eating
Leisure time spent Current contacts with friends
Frequency of intimate contacts
Specific leisure activities
Tv watching, radio listening
Current personal contacts
Socializing
Time spend socializing
Father's education Parents education Father's job Parents occupation
'Objective' socio-economic status
Soldiers in family
Mother's education Parents education Mother's job Parents occupation