Study Gao & Meng (2015): study CN 1998
- Public
- 65+ aged, China, followed 10 years, 1998-2008
- Survey name
- CN-Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 50674
- Non Response
- not reported
- Assessment
-
Interview: face-to-face
N = observarions, not respondents! Many (most?) respondents participated 5 times!
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- White Collar (= 1)
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- occupation before retirement;
white collar = 1
blue collar = 0 (reference)
Observed Relation with Happiness
OPRC (+0,273)) controlled for:
-provincial characteristics:
-Real GDP per capita
-Government medical expenses
-Government Size
-Capital Formation Rate
-individual characteristics:
-Gender
-Living arrangement
-Age (groups)
-Urban (residence)
-Etnicity (Han = 1)
-Education
-Frequency visits by child or sibling
-Chronic conditions score
-ADL-score (Physical limitations)
Similar results if addionally controlled for:
-Household income (quartiles)
-Feeling rich or fair