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Michalos, Alex C. – 1981
After reviewing recent gerontological literature on satisfaction and happiness from the point of view of explanations by analysis of constituents, explanations by synthesis of correlates, and mixtures of these two types of explanations, the report describes results of a social survey of 392 Huron County (Ontario) rural residents over age 60. The…
Descriptors: Community Satisfaction, Economic Factors, Happiness, Health
Peer reviewedMichalos, Alex C. – Social Indicators Research, 2005
The aim of this investigation was to measure the impact of the arts broadly construed on the quality of life. A randomly drawn household sample of 315 adult residents of Prince George, British Columbia served as the working data-set. Examining zero-order correlations, among other things, it was found that playing a musical instrument a number of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Life Satisfaction, Art Activities, Quality of Life
