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

Public

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

Survey name

US-PINE

Sample

Respondents

N = 2717

Non Response

4.26%

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label

Income

Our Classification

Remarks

N=2818

Distribution

Range is 1-10, M: 1.9, SD: 1.1

Operationalization

Self report on question:  Just give me the letter that represents your income category? 1: Q
2: R
3: S
4: T
5: U
6: V
7: W
8:  X
9: Y
10: Z
88: DK
99: RF

Respondents were told to “Include income from all sources, such as wages, salaries, social security or retirement benefits, help from relative, rent from property, and so forth.

1 represents the lowest level of income, and 10 represents the highest level of income.

Observed Relation with Happiness