Mookherjee (1998): study US 1991

Publication

Author(s):

Mookherjee, H.N.

Title:

Perception of Happiness among Elderly Persons in Metropolitan USA.

Source:

Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1998, Vol. 87, 787 - 793

Investigation

Public

60+aged, metropolitian areas, USA, 1982-1991

Survey name

US-NORC

Sample

Probability simple random sample

Respondents

N = 2739

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:

Self report on single question:

Taken all together, how would you say things are these days?   Would you say that you are....?
3  very happy
2  pretty happy
1  not too happy

Classification:

O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa

Author's label:

Perception of happiness

Page in publication:

788

Observed distribution

Frequencies

1: 13%,   2: 51%,   3: 36%   (total 100%)

Summary Statistics

On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10

Mean:

2.23 7.30

SD:

0.66 1.72

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Sex Sex: male (vs female) Race Ethnic status in the USA Education Level of school-education Marital Status Married state (compared to non-married states) Financial Status Relative income Religious membership Church-member or not Religious Attendance Participation in church Contact with relatives Contacts with relatives Contact with friends Current contacts with friends Social participation Current personal contacts Total variants Summed socio-demographic + life-appraisals
Summed socio-demographic + social ties Satisfaction and health and physical conditioons Satisfaction with health Satisfaction with family life Satisfaction with family of relatives Satisfaction with hobby and leisure time activities Satisfaction with leisure activities Satisfaction with neighborhood Attitude to neighborhood Satisfaction with financial situation Satisfaction with financial situation Satisfaction with friends Satisfaction with friends