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| The views of older Chinese people in Melbourne about their quality of life | | Author(s) | Elaine Yuk Lin Tsang, Pranee Liamputtong, Jane Pierson |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 24, part 1, January 2004 |
| Pages | pp 51-74 |
| Source | http://journals.cambridge.org/ |
| Keywords | Chinese people ; Attitude ; Quality of life ; Qualitative Studies ; Quantitative studies ; Australia. |
| Annotation | The findings are reported of a study using quantitative and qualitative approaches to the quality of life of 60 older Chinese people in Melbourne, Australia: 30 residents of 3 Chinese hostels, and 30 members of a Chinese welfare society. Along with the established scales of health status, functioning and self-reported life satisfaction, participants were also asked about their general health, level of depressive mood and independence. In-depth interviews were also conducted with 6 participants about other important aspects of their quality of life. The hostel group was found to be less healthy, less independent, more depressed and less satisfied with their lives than the community group, but were generally satisfied with their lives as revealed in in-depth interviews. A good quality of life was found to be associated with good health, independence, secure finance, a meaningful role, strong ethnic continuity and family support, low expectations, no worries, and a sense of the family's love and respect. The notion that quality of life is truly multidimensional is reinforced; and that a high self-rated quality of life in old age is achievable. The study offers lessons for understanding this and other ethnic groups. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040205204 A |
| Classmark | TKL: DP: F:59: 3DP: 3DQ: 7YA |
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