Tran et al. (2018): study VN 2011

Publication

Author(s):

Tran, T.Q.; Nguyen, C.V.; Vu, H.

Title:

Economic Inequality and Happiness: A quantitative study among the elderly in Rural Vietnam

Source:

Journal of Happiness Studies, 2018, Vol. 19, 781 - 799

Investigation

Public

50+ aged, rural Vietnam, 2011

Survey name

VN-National Aging Survey 2011

Sample

Probability multistage stratified area sample

Respondents

N = 2887

Non Response

10%

Assessment

not reported

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:

Self report on single question:

Overall, how satisfied are you with your present life.......?
Please choose from this card that is closest to your feeling.
5  very satisfied
4  fairly satisfied
3  neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
2  fairly dissatisfied
1  very dissatisfied

Classification:

O-SLu-c-sq-v-5-a

Author's label:

Happiness

Page in publication:

7

Observed distribution

Frequencies

1: 1.77%,   2: 9.6%,   3: 23.4%,   4: 53.7%,   5: 11.6%   (total 100.07%)

Summary Statistics

On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10

Mean:

3.64 6.11

SD:

0.87 1.60

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Age Current age (in years) Gender Current gender Ethnicity Ethnic status in Vietnam Farmer Being a farmer Education Level of school-education Family status - Living with children/grandchildren Children in the household
Living with children Social activities Current participation in voluntary associations
Current memberships Religion/religiosity Participation in church
Religious (vs not) Health status Global health self-rating Household income Household income Relative income Relative income Location of residence Region in Vietnam Expenditure level Consumption in region R² Summed residential and individual characteristics Expenditure inequality Inequality in expenditure in vicinity Family status - Widowed Widowed