Multi-Item Scale:
Item Text:
a) How satisfied are you with your ability to do everyday things? [Wie zufrieden sind Sie mit Ihrer Fähigkeit, alltägliche Dinge erledigen zu können?]
Different Answer Format Tested:
Nein
Findings:
The main aim of this question was to find out what the respondents understood by "everyday things" and whether there were country-specific differences.
Serbian
Test persons SER01 and SER02 refer to leisure time and household when answering the question. Test person SER01 also refers to their work: "This includes work, what has to be done at home, leisure time. I am generally satisfied with that." (SER01).
Arabic
Test person AR01 thinks about getting up early in the morning, going to work and doing the tasks, helping the daughters with their studies in the afternoon or evening and then attending their language courses. She says that she has no problems with that, everything works out fine.
Test person AR02 states that she is "dissatisfied". She justifies this with her knee pain, because of which she could not walk for 15 minutes without pain. The test person is also unable to work because of the pain. When doing "everyday things" she thinks that she cannot walk or bend her knee properly.
Farsi
Test person FAR01 thinks of "everyday things" in terms of their work and leisure time (gym). When answering the question, she was thinking of activities she does every day.
Test person FAR02 thinks of "everyday things" such as the long way to a language course, but also of cooking and the household.
Russian
Test person RUS01 refers to their work and household when answering the question. Test person RUS02 thinks mainly of school and walking her dog.
English
Test person ENG01 is very dissatisfied and unhappy with her current situation. In "everyday things" she thinks of nothing specific, but of her life in general, which is currently very difficult. She has imagined her life differently and had other plans. She currently lives only from day to day and somehow tries
Serbian
Test persons SER01 and SER02 refer to leisure time and household when answering the question. Test person SER01 also refers to their work: "This includes work, what has to be done at home, leisure time. I am generally satisfied with that." (SER01).
Arabic
Test person AR01 thinks about getting up early in the morning, going to work and doing the tasks, helping the daughters with their studies in the afternoon or evening and then attending their language courses. She says that she has no problems with that, everything works out fine.
Test person AR02 states that she is "dissatisfied". She justifies this with her knee pain, because of which she could not walk for 15 minutes without pain. The test person is also unable to work because of the pain. When doing "everyday things" she thinks that she cannot walk or bend her knee properly.
Farsi
Test person FAR01 thinks of "everyday things" in terms of their work and leisure time (gym). When answering the question, she was thinking of activities she does every day.
Test person FAR02 thinks of "everyday things" such as the long way to a language course, but also of cooking and the household.
Russian
Test person RUS01 refers to their work and household when answering the question. Test person RUS02 thinks mainly of school and walking her dog.
English
Test person ENG01 is very dissatisfied and unhappy with her current situation. In "everyday things" she thinks of nothing specific, but of her life in general, which is currently very difficult. She has imagined her life differently and had other plans. She currently lives only from day to day and somehow tries
Recommendations:
No changes recommended. It would be worth considering to include the time frame in the question.
Question tested:
true