Oswald et al. (2007): study ZZ Europe 2002
Publication
- Author(s):
- Oswald, F.; Fange, Agneta; Iwarsson, Susanne; Nygren, Carita; Schilling, O.; Sixsmith, Andrew; Sixsmith, Judith; Szeman, Zsuzsa; Tomsone, Signe; Wahl, H.W.
- Title:
- Relationships Between Housing and Healthy Aging in Very Old Age.
- Source:
- The Gerontologist, Vol. 47, No. 1, 96 - 107
Investigation
- Public
- 75-89 aged, living alone in urban districts, five European nations 2002-2004
- Survey name
- ENABLE-AGE
- Sample
- Probability stratified sample
- Respondents
- N = 1918
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
All in all, how satisfied would you say you are presently with your life?
0 very dissatisfied
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 very satisfied - Classification:
- O-SLu-c-sq-n-11-a
- Author's label:
- Life satisfaction
- Remarks:
- Average life satisfaction scores of five European countries were calculated.
Sweden: M=8.5, SD=1.7, Germany: M=8.5, SD=1.8, UK: M:=.2, SD=1.8 , Hungary: M:=.6, SD=2.4, Latvia: M=5.5, SD=2.0 - Page in publication:
- 100
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 7.48 7.48
- SD:
- 1.92 1.92
- Full text:
-
Self report on 20 questions.
This scale consists of a number of words that describe different feelings and emotions. Read each item and mark the appropriate answer in the space next to that word. Indicate to what extend you felt this way during the past year?
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
Name: Watson et al's PANAS ('past year' version) - Classification:
- A-BW-cy-mq-v-5-f
- Author's label:
- Affect-Balance
- Remarks:
- Affect-Balance computed by WDH team, subtracting average Positive Affect from Negative Affect for each of the five European countries (Sweden, Germany, Uk, Hungary and Latvia). After that, the average ABS score of the countries calculated.
Sweden: M=1.1, Germany: M=1.4, UK: M=1.4,, Hungary: M=1.3, Latvia: M=0.6 - Page in publication:
- 101
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range -40 - 40 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.92 -
- SD:
- 1.82 -