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-AOL-g-rdf-v-3-b |
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 | Our subject description | |
Age | show | Current age (in years) |
Dentist | show | Visits to doctor |
Family income | show | Household income |
Fast food | show | What one eats |
Gender | show | Sex (male vs female) |
Health condition | show | Heart disease |
Health condition | show | Hospitalization, also classified as above ↑ |
Health condition | show | In hospital, also classified as above ↑ |
Household regional location | show | Region in Taiwan |
Long care | show | Household members |
Soft drink | show | What one eats |
Urbanization | show | Rural vs urban dwelling |