Chan & Lee (2006): study CN 2000
Publication
- Author(s):
- Chan, Y.K.; Lee, R.P.
- Title:
- Network Size, Social Support and Happiness in Later Life: A Comparative Study of Beijing and Hong Kong.
- Source:
- Journal of Happiness Studies, 2006, Vol. 7, 87 - 112
Investigation
- Public
- 60+aged, China, 2000
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Probability stratified sample
- Respondents
- N = 2125
- Non Response
- Assessment
-
Interview: face-to-face
structured questionnaire
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question
How happy are you now?
5 very happy
4 somewhat happy
3 neither happy nor unhappy
2 not very happy
1 not happy at all
- DK
- NA - Classification:
- O-HL-c-sq-v-5-hb
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Page in publication:
- 94
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 1.8%, 2: 5.15%, 3: 30.25%, 4: 40.75%, 5: 22.05% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.76 6.25
- SD:
- 0.91 1.82