Publication |
Author(s) | Li, D.; Chen, T.; Wu, Z. |
Title | An Exploration of the Subjective Well-Being
of the Chinese Oldest-Old. |
Source | Healthy Longevity in China, Demographic Methods and Population Analysis, 2008, Vol. 20, 347 - 356 |
URL | http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-1-4020-6752-5_21 |
DOI | DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6752-5_21 |
Investigation |
Public | 80+ aged, China, 2002 |
Survey name | Unnamed study |
| Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS) |
Sample | Mixed samples |
| All centenarians from the randomly selected counties and cities of 22 provinces in China who agreed to participate in the study. For each centenarian, one octogenarian aged 80-89 living nearby, one nearby nonagenarian aged 90-99, and one nearby younger elder aged 65-79 of predesignated age and sex were interviewed. |
Respondents N = | 11175 |
Non Response | 1285 |
| Respondents were not able to answer certain questions mainly because of hearing loss, congnitive impairment, and/or other diseases and illiteracy. |
Assesment | Multiple methods |
| computer-assisted self interview (CASI), face-to-face interview, self-enumerated questionnaire |
Happiness measure(s) used |
Author's label | | Our subject description |
Ask for help from whom | show | Sources of current support |
Chat with whom | show | Current contacts |
Chat with whom | show | Socializing, also classified as above ↑ |
Confide with whom | show | Intimate discussions |
Confide with whom | show | Socializing, also classified as above ↑ |
Education | show | Years schooling |
Lived with spouse | show | Living alone or not |
Living arrangement | show | Current household-composition |
Living arrangement | show | Living alone or not, also classified as above ↑ |
Living arrangement | show | Living in an old age home, also classified as above ↑ |
Main financial source | show | Source of current income |
Residence | show | Community size |
Residence | show | Rural vs urban dwelling, also classified as above ↑ |
Sex | show | Sex (male vs female) |