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Correlational findings

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
Neighbourhood quality
Our Classification
Operationalization
Self report on the question "How good do you think your neighbourhood is for the old people to live"
Rated:
1: poor
2:
3:
4:
5: excellent

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-?-sq-v-5-a Beta = .50 p < .001 Beta controled for:
- Socio-economic status
  - age
  - gender
  - marital status
  - financial need
- migration history
  - country of origin
  - length of residence in Canada
- Health
  - physical mobility
  - medication use
  - perceived needs for services
- Social network
- Psychological well-being