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Michalos, Alex C.; Hatch, P. Maurine; Hemingway, Dawn; Lavallee, Loraine; Hogan, Anne; Christensen, Bev – Social Indicators Research, 2007
Replicating a survey of 875 people 55 years old or more undertaken in September 1999 throughout the former Northern Interior Health Region (NIHR) of British Columbia, in September 2005 a sample of 656 people completed a 22-page questionnaire. The average age of the respondents was 68, with a range running from 55 to 96 years, and 64% were women.…
Descriptors: Age, Physical Activities, Crime, Life Satisfaction
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Michalos, Alex C.; Thommasen, Harvey V.; Read, Rua; Anderson, Nancy; Zumbo, Bruno D. – Social Indicators Research, 2005
The aim of this investigation is to obtain some baseline self-reported data of the health status and overall quality of life of all residents of the Bella Coola Valley of British Columbia aged 17 years or older, and to measure the impact of a set of designated health determinants on their health and quality of life. In the period from August to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Life Satisfaction, Mental Health, Health Conditions
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Barton, Sylvia S.; Thommasen, Harvey V.; Tallio, Bill; Zhang, William; Michalos, Alex C. – Social Indicators Research, 2005
The purpose of this study was to make comparisons between Aboriginal residential school survivors' perceptions of health status and overall quality of life, and Aboriginal non-residential school attendees, as well as between non-Aboriginals. Data were obtained from thirty-three questions derived from the 2001 Determinants of Health and Quality of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Quality of Life, Health Conditions, Residential Schools