I am searching for a (fairly short) methodology to collect lifestyle information that can be used as the basis for aggregating consumers in cluster-based typologies.
It must fit to european lifestyles.
I know there is e.g. the LOV and VALS, but as lifestyles are not the main topic of my questionnaire they have to much items.
Is there an alternative?
Try the following for general examples of questionnaires for lifestyles:
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=lifestyle+questionnaires&rls=com.microsoft:en-GB:IE-Address&rlz=1I7RVEB_enGB615&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=lw-HVacopdXtBq-ktKAN&ved=0CFcQsAQ&biw=1366&bih=673
As an alternative to LOV and VALS here is a Tree analysis of a lifestyles questionnaire (2005):
https://digitalcollections.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/11890/1/Friel%20et%20al%20Who%20eats%20four%20or%20more%20servings%202004.pdf
Dear Verena,
Try to look at the Health Promotion Lifestyle Profile "HPLP-II"
It is a commonly used instrument that has a well established psychometric properties, and measure six dimensions of lifestyle:
- Health responsibility
- Physical activity
- Nutrition
- Spiritual growth
- Interpersonal relationships
- Stress management
Good luck,,
Thanks! But I am also interested in lifestyle measures less linked to a specific behaviour like health or physical activity.
These are some really good suggestions. Simple instruments are always better. I've experienced some challenges with assessing diet and exercise in low income populations where they had to write down a number.
Dear Mr Paxton
allthought the measurement scale developed by Gunnar Otte seems to fit best to my requirements, which instruments did you use? Do you have another suggestion for a simple instrument?
Verena Berger hi were you able to obtain a copy of the scale developed by gunnar otte? is it okay to ask for a copy?
what about measuring the impact of lifestyles on sustainablity instead of individual or community health? does anyone have a valid rubric for assessing, say, the assertion that "a yogic way of life is the most sustainable"?
Hi,
to my understanding many lifestyle-approaches tend to generate "typologies of how people think" instead of a typology of how they act.
Thus, I was always a bit disappointed by the empirical performance of lifestyle-approaches when it came to explaining actual behaviour...
For the purpose of assessing energy related lifestyles across Europe, me and my colleagues figured out a new approach in which the group-identification strictly focuses on behaviour in six "main areas of life". Psychological characteristics and ways how people think about different things can then be used to analyse the group-specific behavioural patterns in more detail (without the risk of circular reasoning, which is a big issue in many approaches).
The framework (incl. the questionnaire we used in the study below) was published shortly and many of the considerations apply also to lifestyle research in other domains.
Article Identifying Consumer Lifestyles through Their Energy Impacts...
For empirical results obtained with an 18.000 respondent survey in 31 Europ. countries, see the following report, and especially chapters
3.2.1: Quantitative assessment of "high" and "low" impact lifestyles in 6 countries
3.2.2: Focus groups and mixed-methods approach in 6 countries
3.3: Cross-European Identification & Assessment of Energy Lifestyles
Technical Report Comparative Assessment of European Energy Lifestyles
Best regards,
Stephan
gunnar otte has updated his well known life style typology recently. see Technical Report Weiterentwicklung der Lebensführungstypologie, Version 2019
this includes an english version of the short questionnaire (at the end of the paper).
Hi manfred hammerl
How will I get english version of the scale would you please send me the link
Follow this Google link to find many Lifestyle Questionnaires | PDF:
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Lifestyle+Questionnaire%22+%2B+pdf&sca_esv=595089826&rlz=1C1CHBD_enIQ913IQ913&sxsrf=AM9HkKkyBMRqMDutLOKgB52DL3S3guqo0Q%3A1704205608870&ei=KB2UZfXANIT77_UP4M6--Ag&ved=0ahUKEwj19MLP9L6DAxWE_bsIHWCnD48Q4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=%22Lifestyle+Questionnaire%22+%2B+pdf&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiHyJMaWZlc3R5bGUgUXVlc3Rpb25uYWlyZSIgKyBwZGYyBBAAGB4yBhAAGAUYHjIIEAAYBRgHGB4yBhAAGAUYHjIGEAAYBRgeMgYQABgFGB4yBhAAGAUYHjIIEAAYBRgHGB4yBhAAGAUYHjIGEAAYCBgeSKeGAVDoBliuc3ADeAKQAQCYAZsDoAHJH6oBBzItNi42LjG4AQPIAQD4AQHCAgQQABhHwgIHECMYsAIYJ8ICBhAAGAcYHsICBRAAGIAEwgIIEAAYgAQYogTCAggQIRigARjDBOIDBBgAIEGIBgGQBgg&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#ip=1
Verena Berger
Best regards,
Abdullah Y. Shihab
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