Study Chen et al. (2018): study US Chicago 2011

Public

60+aged Chinese migrants, Chicago, USA, 2011 - 2013

Survey name

US-PINE

Sample

Respondents

N = 3159

Non Response

8.1%

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label

Acculturation

Our Classification

Error Estimates

Cronbach alpha is 0.88.

Remarks

The PINE Study Acculturation Scale was used to assess participants’ degree of acculturation on language use, media use, and ethnic social relations.

Operationalization

Self report on questions:
1. In general, what language do you read and speak?
2. What was the language you used as a child?
3. What language do you usually speak at home?
4. In which language do you usually think?
5. What language do you usually speak with your friends?
6. In what language(s) are the television programs you usually watch?
7. In what language(s) are the radio programs you usually listen to?
8. In general, in what language(s) are the movies, television, and radio programs you prefer to watch and listen to?
9. Your close friends are?
10. You prefer going to social gatherings/parties at which the people are?
11. The persons you visit or who visit you are?
12. If you could choose your children’s friends, you would want them to be?

Answer options:
a) Only Chinese
b) More Chinese than English or Americans
c) Both Equally
d) More English or Americans than Chinese
e) Only English or Americans

Scored:
1: Only Chinese

5 : Only English

Higher values correspond to higher levels of acculturation. For each participant, total acculturation scores ranged from 12 to 60.

Observed Relation with Happiness