Chen et al. (2018): study US Chicago 2011

Publication

Author(s):

Chen, Y.; Dong, X.; Peng, Y.; Xu, L.; Ye, M.

Title:

The influence of acculturation level and family relationships on quality of life among U.S. Chinese older adults

Source:

Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 27, 346-365

Investigation

Public

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

Survey name

US-PINE

Sample

Non-probability purposive sample

Respondents

N = 3159

Non Response

8.1%

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:

Self-report on single question:

In general, how would you rate your quality of life?
1 poor  
2
3
4 very good

Classification:

O-QOL-g-sq-n-4-a

Author's label:

Quality of life

Page in publication:

Table 1

Observed distribution

Summary Statistics

On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10

Mean:

2.46 -

SD:

0.67 -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Age Current age (in years) Gender Sex: male (vs female) Education Years schooling Marital status Married (vs all unmarried) Income Later level of income Number of sons Number of children Number of daughters Number of children Number of grandchildren Having grand-children Number of people living together Number of persons in household
Number of adults in household Number of years in U.S. Time since migration General health Self-perceived health Acculturation Adjustment to new country of settlement
Later culture in nation Positive family support Current relation with one's children
Intimacy with spouse
Support by spouse
Amount of current support received
Support received from children Negative family strain Current relation with one's children
Current characteristics of marriage-relationship
Current behaviors of spouse Explained variance Summed socio-demographic + health + social ties