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Correlational findings

Study Gee (2000a): study CA British Columbia 1996

Public
65+ aged, Chinese Canadians, Canada, 1996
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Respondents
N = 2158
Non Response
28.5%
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
Respondents were interviewed in their own homes by trained Chinese interviewers, both seniors and non-seniors, in the language of their choice.

Correlate

Authors's Label
Living arrangement
Our Classification
Distribution
0: Men 36.2%, Women 35.7%
1: Men 57%,    Women 52.1%
Related specification variables
Operationalization
0: living with spouse
1: living with children (spouse+ child or with child and no spouse)

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SL?-?-sq-v-5-e D% = - MEN
% Very satisfied with life
living with spouse only    37.1
living intergenerationally 28.3
-difference                -8.8
O-SL?-?-sq-v-5-e D% = - WOMEN
% Very satisfied with life
living with spouse only    31.4
living intergenerationally 23.4
-difference                -8