| Study | Keng & Wu (2014): study TW 1989 |
| Title | Living Happily Ever After? The Effect of Taiwan's National Health Insurance on the Happiness of the Elderly. |
| Source | Journal of Happiness Studies, 2014, Vol. 15, 583 - 808 |
| DOI | DOI: 10.1007/s10902-013-9449-4 |
| Public | Elderly, Taiwan, folowed 14 years 1989-2003, before and after change health insurance law in 1995 |
| Sample | Probability systematic sample |
| Non-Response | <10% |
| Respondents N = | 4049 |
| Correlate | |
| Author's label | Age |
| Page in Source | 787-788,793-798 |
| Our classification | Age difference among elderly |
| Operationalization | Age in years |
| Observed distribution | M = 68, SD =6,5 |
| Remarks | Assessed at T5 (1999) |
| Observed Relation with Happiness | ||
| Happiness Measure | Statistics | Elaboration/Remarks |
| M-TH-cw-sq-v-4-a | OPRC=-.00 ns | OPRC (-.001) |
| M-TH-cw-sq-v-4-b | OPRC=-.00 ns | OPRC (-.001)
OPRC controlled for:
- no health insurance before 1995 (when universal
insurance was implemented)
- exp. group vs. control group
- interaction exp. group x no insurance before
1995
- interaction happiness in 1989 x in 1995 before
introduction health insurance
- Social background
- sexe
- education
- income
- marital status
- Origin
- native
- mainland
- possessions
- house
- Stock
- health history, ever had..
- asthma
- stroke
- heart
- disbetes
- life style
- drinks
- smokes
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| Code | Full Text |
| M-TH-cw-sq-v-4-a | Selfreport on single questions: "Please tell me how often you have felt this way during the past week...?" I was happy 0 rarely or none of the time 1 some or a little of the time 2 occasionally or a moderate amount of time 3 most of the time Item in CES-D (Center for Epidemiologic Studies of Depression) Scale |
| M-TH-cw-sq-v-4-b | Selfreport on single question: Please tell me how often you have felt this way during the past week...? I enjoyed life... 0 rarely or none of the time 1 some or a little of the time 2 occasionally or a moderate amount of time 3 most of the time Item in CES-D (Center for Epidemiologic Studies of Depression) Scale. Score reversed. |
| Symbol | Explanation |
| OPRC | OPRC: Regression coefficient in ordered categorical probit regression. Only the sign of the computed coefficient is informative. Happiness is an ordered categorical variable. Higher categories correspond to being more happy. OPRC < 0 indicates that the probability of being beyond a chosen happiness category decreases and the probability of being at or below that category increases when 1) the corresponding metric correlate increases 2) the corresponding category of a categorical correlate is compared to the reference category. OLRC > 0 indicates that the probability of being beyond a chosen happiness category increases and the probablity of being at or below that category decreases when 1) the corresponding metric correlate increases 2) the corresponding category of a categorical correlate is compared to the reference category. |