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Studies

Kleban & Turner-Massey (1978): study US 1975

Publication

Author(s):
Kleban, M.H.; Turner-Massey, P.
Title:
Short-Range Effects of Community Housing.
Source:
The Gerontologist, 1978, Vol. 18, 129 - 132

Investigation

Public
62+ aged applicants for community housing, followed 6 months, Philadelphia, USA, 1975.
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Non-probability purposive sample
Respondents
N = 87
Non Response
0 %
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking everything in your life into consideration, how happy are you?
7  extremely happy
6  very happy
5  happy
4  some how happy
3  neither happy nor unhappy
2  unhappy
1  very unhappy
Classification:
O-HL-u-sq-v-7-g
Author's label:
Happiness
Page in publication:
130
Full text:
Self report on single question:

How much are you enjoying life these days?
4  very much
3  somewhat
2  not very much
1  not at all
-  don't know
Classification:
M-PL-c-sq-v-4-b
Author's label:
Enjoying life

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Desire to move Want to move Moving Recently moved