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Correlational findings

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
Entrusting in healthcare decisions
Our Classification
Remarks
N=2837
Distribution
Range is 1-3, M: 2.8, SD: 0.4
Operationalization
Self report on the question:
Suppose you had a health problem that you were concerned about, or need to make an important decision about your own medical treatment, how likely would you talk with this person about it?
The question could refer to the respondent’s offspring and other members of their junior generations, including children, grandchildren, children-in-law, and stepchildren.

1: not likely
2: somewhat likely
3: very likely

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-QOL-u-sq-n-4-c Beta = -.02 ns Beta controlled for:
- Age
- Education
- Income  
- Number of children alive
- Number of household members
- Number of years in the United States
- Live with the family member
- Talk with the family member
- Closeness with the family member
- Positive support from friends
O-QOL-u-sq-n-4-c Beta = -.01 ns Beta additionally controlled for:
- Sense of control
- Live with the family member x support from friends
- Talking with the family member x support from friends
- Closeness with the family member x support from friends
− Entrusting in healthcare
decisions x support from friends