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Studies

Kim et al. (2015): study US Los Angeles County, California 2010

Publication

Author(s):
Kim, B.J.; Linton, K.F.; Lum, W.
Title:
Social Capital and Life Satisfaction among Chinese and Korean Elderly Immigrants.
Source:
Journal of Social Work, 2015, Vol. 15, 87 - 100

Investigation

Public
Elderly Asian migrants, Los Angeles County, California, United States of America, 2010 - 2011
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Non-probability purposive sample
Respondents
N = 382
Non Response
17.14%
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question

All things considered, to what extend are you satisfied with your life?
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100%
Classification:
O-SLW-u-sq-%-101-a
Author's label:
Life satisfaction
Remarks:
Chinese: M = 6.6  SD = 1.9
Korean: M =6,3 SD= 1,3
Aveage computed by WDH team
Page in publication:
91
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 100 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.45 16.00
SD:
- -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Ethnicity