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International differences in life satisfaction among urban living elders
— Chinese and Canadian comparisons | | Author(s) | Neena L Chappell, David Lai, Ge Lin |
| Journal title | Hallym International Journal of Aging, vol 2, no 2, 2000 |
| Pages | pp 105-118 |
| Keywords | Chinese people ; Life satisfaction ; Urban areas ; Comparison ; China ; Canada. |
| Annotation | Although there are many gerontological studies of life satisfaction, few compare Chinese elders living in different cities or in different countries. This research compared the levels of satisfaction and predictors of life satisfaction of Chinese elders living in Vancouver, Hong Kong and Shanghai. Data reveal that those in Hong Kong show the least satisfaction. In every aspect of life satisfaction, those living in Vancouver are more satisfied than those living elsewhere. Those living in Shanghai fall in the middle. For those living in all three cities, it is health, social support, and economic variables that are predictive of life satisfaction. Overwhelmingly, these data point to the importance of location for quality of life and suggest more research needs to focus on comparisons in location. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-011119202 A |
| Classmark | TKL: F:5HH: RK: 48: 7DC: 7S |
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