Study Chow (2012): study CA Calgary, Alberta 2007

Public

65+aged Chinese migrants, Calgary, Canada, 2007

Survey name

Unnamed study

Sample

Respondents

N = 127

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face
Interviews were conducted at immigrants' place of residence by trained, bilingual interviewers employing a structured questionnaire .These interviews were conducted in English or a Chinese dialect (e.g., Cantonese, Mandarin, or Taishanese) spoken by the participants. The average length of the interviews was 30 min, with a range from 20 min to nearly an hour.

Correlate

Authors's Label

Social network

Our Classification

Remarks

N=90 reported that they had at least one adult son or daughter whom they could contact in the city.

Distribution

N1: 90, 71.4%

Operationalization

Self report on the availability of close relatives or friends whom respondents could contact for assistance in Calgary.
1: with contacts
0: other

Observed Relation with Happiness