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Correlational findings

Study Tran et al. (2018): study VN 2011

Public
50+ aged, rural Vietnam, 2011
Survey name
VN-National Aging Survey 2011
Sample
Respondents
N = 2887
Non Response
10%
Assessment

not reported

Correlate

Authors's Label
Relative income
Our Classification
Distribution
1a: Mean (SD) = 0.38 (0.48)
1b: 0.12 (0.33)
Operationalization
Relative income to neighbours:
1a similar to neighbours
1b higher than neighbours
0 otherwise (reference)

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLu-c-sq-v-5-a b = +.39 p < .01 Similar to neighbours  (vs not) O-SLu-c-sq-v-5-a b = +.34 p < .01 Higher than neighbours (vs not)

All b values controled for:
- Age
- Gender
- Ethnicity
- Farmer
- Education
- Family status
- Social activities
- Religiosity
- Health status
- Household income
- Location of residence
- Commune characteristics