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Correlational findings

Study Guo et al. (2019): study US Chicago 2011

Public
60+aged Chinese migrants, Chicago, USA, 2011 - 2013
Survey name
US-PINE
Sample
Respondents
N = 3138
Non Response
0.6%
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
Interviews were conducted at respondents’ homes by bilingual interviewers.

Correlate

Authors's Label
Acculturation
Our Classification
Error Estimates
Cronbach's α is .91
Remarks
Higher values correspond to higher levels of acculturation. For each participant, total acculturation scores ranged from 12 to 60.
Distribution
M: 15.25, SD: 5.10
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

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-QL?-?-sq-v-4-a r = +.09 p < .001 O-QL?-?-sq-v-4-a OR = 1.01 ns OR controlled for:
- Age of migration
- Sexe
- Married
- Years in the United States
O-QL?-?-sq-v-4-a OR = 1.00 ns OR additionally controlled for:
- Education
- Income
- Health insurance
- ADL difficulties
- IADL difficulties
- Family oriented migration
- Number of friends
- Living with children
- Community cohesion