AHRI.Emergent.Properties.2019.v1
AHRI.Emergent Properties.2016-2017.v1
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South Africa | ZA |
This survey was conducted to examine the association between hope, happiness, life satisfaction and risk behaviours in a sample of adolescents resident in the AHRI Demographic Surveillance Area (DSA). The survey includes age, gender, and a range of questions related to hope, happiness and life satisfaction. It also includes questions on whether respondents had ever used alcohol, dagga (cannabis), tik (methamphetamine), buttons (Mandrax), whoonga (heroin), ecstasy, or other drugs.
This survey was preceded and informed by a qualitative study involving key informant interviews and focus group discussions with adolescents regarding their conceptions of hope, happiness and life satisfaction. The Snyder Hope Scale was used as an exploratory starting point, but from the qualitative data it emerged that the Snyder Scale did not fully capture respondents' conceptualization of hope. We developed a new hope scale derived from the qualitative data. This included eight questions related to hope. The items aimed to address the issues raised in the qualitative work relating to hope and risk behaviour and included risk related to individuals not considering the future, i.e. living in the moment; hope providing a way to cope with current adversity, preventing risk behaviour; and hope related to a future orientation and an associated sense of control. These were scored in interviews using a Likert Scale.
Data from this survey were linked to data from the DSA on household and individual socio-economic characteristics (HSE data), including an index constructed from household asset ownership and the highest school grade attained.
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The study was conducted at a site within the AHRI DSA. The DSA is located near the market town of Mtubatuba, 250 km north of Durban in UMkhanyakude, a sub-district of Hlabisa.
Eligibility was limited to a sub-region within the DSA. Adolescents aged 15-18 years were eligible for inclusion.
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Chris Desmond | UKZN |
Janet Seeley | AHRI, LSHTM |
Tony Barnett | LSHTM, University of Manchester |
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Africa Health Research Institute |
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AHRI Research Data Management Team | AHRI | Research Data Management |
AHRI Data Collection Team | AHRI | Data Collection |
AHRI Community Engagement Team | AHRI | Community Engagement |
Participants meeting the age inclusion criteria were randomly selected from the DSA database.
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2016-01-01 | 2017-09-01 |
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DDI.AHRI.Emergent.Properties.2016-2017.v1
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Africa Health Research Institute |