| 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 |
| DOI | DOI:10.1007/s10902-005-1915-1 |
| Investigation | |
| Public | 60+aged, China, 2000 |
| Collect period | Summer |
| Survey name | Unnamed study |
| Sample | Probability stratified sample |
| Respondents N = | 2125 |
| Beijing N= 1004, Hong Kong N= 1121 | |
| Non Response | Not available |
| Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
| structured questionnaire | |
| Happiness measure(s) used | |
| Full text | Selfreport 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 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 1 - 5 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 3.76 | 6.25 |
| Standard deviation | 0.91 | 1.82 |
| Scores in | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| % | 1.8 | 5.2 | 30.3 | 40.8 | 22.1 |
| Author's label | Subject Code Finding | Subject description |
| City of residence | R01ab07 | Region in China |
| Education | E01ab02 | Level of school-education |
| Gender (male) | G01aa | Sex (male vs female) |
| Income | I01ab01 | Personal income |
| Network Size | F06ab01 | Number of close friends |
| Social support | S10ac02 | Perceived availability of social support |
| Total variance | S15ab09 | Socio-demographic + social support |