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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
Closeness with the family member
Our Classification
Remarks
N=2836
Distribution
Range is 1-4, M: 3.4, SD: 0.6
Operationalization
Self report on question: How close do you feel is your relationship with this person?
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: extremely close
2: very close
3: somewhat close
4: not very close

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-QOL-u-sq-n-4-c Beta = +.24 p < .001 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 family member
- Entrusting in healthcare decisions
- Positive support from friends
O-QOL-u-sq-n-4-c Beta = +.16 p < .001 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