| Publication | |
| Author(s) | Chang, H.H.; Nayga Jr., R.M. |
| Title | Childhood Obesity and Unhappiness: the Influence of Soft Drinks and Fast Food Consumption. |
| Source | Journal of Happiness Studies, 2010, Vol. 11, 261 - 275 |
| DOI | DOI:10.1007/s10902-009-9139-4 |
| Investigation | |
| Public | Under 12 aged, children, Taiwan, 2001 |
| 2-12 years old children | |
| Collect period | 2001.08 |
| Last collect period | 2002.01 |
| Survey name | Unnamed study |
| National Health Interview Survey at Taiwan (NHIS) | |
| Sample | Probability stratified sample |
| Respondents N = | 2366 |
| Non Response | Not available |
| Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
| Interviews with the mothers | |
| Happiness measure(s) used | |
| Full text | Rating by mother in response to single question: How often does your child feel unhappy, sad or depressed? 1 often 2 selden 3 never |
| Classification | A-TH-g-rdf-v-3-a |
| Remarks | Due to the low percentage of responses in the "often" category, arthors combined the first two categories into a single category to represent unhappiness. 1: unhappy 0: happy |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 1 - 3 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 0.19 | |
| Standard deviation | 0.40 |
| Author's label | Subject Code Finding | Subject description |
| Age | A04ab | Current age (in years) |
| Dentist | H17ab01 | Visits to doctor |
| Family income | I01ab03 | Household income |
| Fast food | N15ab04 | What one eats |
| Gender | G01aa | Sex (male vs female) |
| Health condition | H17ac06 | Heart disease |
| Health condition | H14ab05 | Hospitalization, also classified as above ↑ |
| Health condition | H17ab02 | In hospital, also classified as above ↑ |
| Household regional location | R01ab23 | Region in Taiwan |
| Long care | H20ac | Household members |
| Soft drink | N15ab04 | What one eats |
| Urbanization | L13ab02b | Rural vs urban dwelling |