Analysis on subjective happiness among retired elderly people from universities of Guangdong province
10.3969/j.issn.1671-8348.2016.09.028
- VernacularTitle:广东省高校离退休老人幸福度及影响因素分析
- Author:
Bei LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
aged;
retirement;
happiness
- From:
Chongqing Medicine
2016;45(9):1249-1250,1254
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To understand the subjective happiness and influential factors among the retired elderly people from the universities of Guangdong province .Methods By using the multistage stratified cluster sampling method ,the MUNSH scale and sociodemographic characteristics survey questionnaire were applied to perform the investigation on 412 retired elderly people aged more than 60 years old from the universities of Guangdong Province .The subjective happiness and related factors were per‐formed the cross sectional study .The descriptive analysis ,single factor analysis and multiple stepwise regression analysis were ap‐plied in this study .Results The scores of positive factors(including positive affection and positive experience) in the retired elderly people of the teacher group were highest ,while which of the manager goup were lower .The scores of positive affection and negative affection factors had statistically significant difference between these two groups(P<0 .05) .The main factors correlated to the sub‐jective happiness included the living situation and chronic diseases .Conclusion The subjective happiness in the retired elderly peo‐ple from universities is affected by the sociodemographic characteristics .Increasing their health level and improving the quality of life and subjective happiness must start from individual ,family and society ,and combine with community health care and health poli‐cies to adopt effective measures for finally increasing their living quality and subjective happiness .
