Moller (1985): study ZA 1984
Publication
- Author(s):
- Moller, V.
- Title:
- Quality of Life in Retirement: A Survey Evaluation of Return Migration tot Kwazulu.
- Source:
- Monograph No. 10, Center for Applied Social Sciences, 1985, University of Napal, Durban, South Africa
Investigation
- Public
- Ex-migrant workers, returned to rural Kwazulu, South Africa, 1984
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Non-probability purposive sample
- Respondents
- N = 253
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
open- and closed-ended questions. The fieldwork was carried out by three Zulu male research assistants. The fieldworkers spent up to several weeks in any of the research areas to make a detailed study of living conditions of the rural communities.
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
Taken all things together, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole these days? On the whole, would you say you are.....?
5 very satisfied
4 satisfied
3 neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
2 dissatisfied
1 very dissatisfied - Classification:
- O-SLW-c-sq-v-5-g
- Author's label:
- Life satisfaction
- Page in publication:
- 156
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 19.5%, 2: 44%, 3: 0%, 4: 35.5%, 5: 0% (total 99%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.52 4.67
- SD:
- 1.17 2.90
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Taking all things together in your life, how would you say things are these days? Would you say you are ....?
5 very happy
4 happy
3 neither happy nor unhappy
2 unhappy
1 very unhappy - Classification:
- O-HL-c-sq-v-5-a
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Page in publication:
- 157
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 33.9%, 2: 21.5%, 3: 2%, 4: 35.5%, 5: 7% (total 99.9%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.60 4.03
- SD:
- 1.43 3.08
Correlational Findings
Years in occupation
Age at retirement
Age of stop migrant work
Time since stop migrant work
Attitude to early retirement
Preference for early retirement from migrant work
Self reliance
Non-money income from farming
Livestock
Keeps cattle
Local traditional religion
Length of residence
Physical activity
Social activity
Age identification
Earlier happiness of others
Perceived realization of earlier expectations about retirement
Wish to resume working
Preference for entrepreneurship in retirement
Attitudes to political leadership