Shamir (1985): study IL 1983 /1
Publication
- Author(s):
- Shamir, B.
- Title:
- Sex Differences in Psychological Adjustment to Unemployment and Reemployment: A Question of Commitment, Alternatives or Finance?
- Source:
- Social Problems, 1985, Vol. 33, 67 - 79
Investigation
- Public:
- 27-47 aged academics, unemployed and reemployed, Israel, 1983
- Sample:
- Respondents:
- N = 432
- Non Response:
- 61,5 %
- Assessment:
-
Questionnaire: paper
Mailed questionnaire
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Selfreport on single question:
"On the whole, how is your general mood these days....?"
1 bad almost all the time
2
3
4
5 good almost all the time" - Classification:
- A-AOL-c-sq-v-5-d
- Author's label:
- General morale
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0%, 2: 0%, 3: 0%, 4: 0%, 5: 0%
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.60 6.40
- SD:
- 0.94
Correlational Findings
Falling unemployed
Unemployed involuntary