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Mollenkopf et al. (2005): study ZZ Europe 2000

Publication

Author(s):
Mollenkopf, H.; Baas, S.; Marcellini, F.; Oswald, F.
Title:
Mobility and the Quality of Life.
Source:
Mollenkopf, H; et al; Eds.: "Enhanching Mobility in Later Life", IOS Press, 2005, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 279 - 288

Investigation

Public
55+ aged, 6 European countries, 2000
Survey name
INT-MOBILATE
Sample
Probability stratified sample
Respondents
N = 3950
Non Response
45%
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on 21 questions:

A  Taking all things together, how satisfied are you with your life these days?
   10 totally satisfied
   9
   8
   7
   6
   5
   4
   3
   2
   1
   0  totally unsatisfied

B  Indicate to what extend you feel this way during the past few weeks:
  a nervous
  b  distressed
  c  afraid
  d jittery
  e  irritable
  f  upset
  g  scared
  h ashamed
  i  guilty
  j  hostile
  k  excited
  l  active
  m  determined
  n  inspired
  o  enthusiastic
  p  alert
  q  attentive
  r  proud
  s  strong
  t  interested

Answer options:  
1  very slightly or not at all
2  a little
3  moderately
4  quite a bit
5  extremely

Negative affect score (NAS): a to j
Positive affect score (PAS): k to t
Affect Balance Score  (ABS): PAS - NAS

Way of computation aggregate score A / B not reported.
Classification:
M-AO-*-mq-*--a
Author's label:
Quality of Life
Page in publication:
279,284

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Current age (in years)