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Studies

Cheng & Chan (2006): study HK 2000

Publication

Author(s):
Cheng, S.T.; Chan, A.C.
Title:
Relationship with Others and Life Satisfaction in Later Life: Do Gender and Widowhood make a Difference?
Source:
Journal of Gerontology, 2006, Vol. 61b, 46 - 53

Investigation

Public
60+ aged, Hong Kong, 2000
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 1616
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on 2 questions

A Happiness
B Life-satisfaction

Texts not reported

Summation: A+B
Classification:
O-Sum-?-mq-?-7-a
Author's label:
Satisfaction with current life
Page in publication:
49
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.44 4.07
SD:
0.74 1.23

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Family