Correlational findings | World Database of Happiness

Study Scheffel & Zhang (2019): study CN 2011

Public: Elderly left behind after migration, China, 2011-2013
Survey name: CN-China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS)
Sample
Respondents: N = 6041
Non Response
Assessment: Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label

% of migrant children

Our Classification

Distribution

not reported

Related specification variables

Operationalization

Percentage of migrated children

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure

Statistics

Elaboration / Remarks

M-TH-cw-sq-v-4-a

Beta = -.01 ns

Percentage of migrated SONS beta -.06 (ns)

Controlled for:
- Parent: Age
- Parent: Widowed
- Parent: ADL limitation
- Parent: IADL limitation
- Parent: Health status
- Parent: Number of children
- Child: Age
- Child: Married
- Child: Age squared

M-TH-cw-sq-v-4-a

Beta-f = -.15 p < .01

Percentage of migrated SONS beta-f -.19 (.01)

Controlled for:
- Parent: Age
- Parent: Widowed
- Parent: ADL limitation
- Parent: IADL limitation
- Parent: Health status
- Parent: Number of children
- Child: Age
- Child: Married
- Child: Age squared