Table 2 Results of confirmatory factor analysis (N = 9506)
Subjective wellbeing | β coefficients(Unstandardised estimates) |
|---|---|
Compared with the past, do you feel your present life is very happy/ quite happy/ not so happy? (SUBI 1) | 1 |
Do you feel your life is interesting? (SUBI 2) | 0.893*** |
On the whole, how happy are you with the kind of things you have been doing in recent years? (SUBI 3) | 0.994*** |
Do you think you have achieved the standard of living and the Social status that you had expected? (SUBI 4) | 0.915*** |
How do you feel about the extent to which you have achieved success and are getting ahead? (SUBI 5) | 0.932*** |
Do you normally accomplish what you want to? (SUBI 6) | 0.902*** |
Do you feel you can manage situations even when they do not turn out as expected? (SUBI 7) | 0.934*** |
Do you feel confident that in case of a crisis (anything that substantially upsets your life situation) you will be able to cope with it/face it boldly?(SUBI 8) | 0.941*** |
The way things are going now, do you feel confident in coping with the future? (SUBI 9) | 0.979*** |
Affectional solidarity | Â |
To what extent you think you are important to your Family (AFF 1) | 1 |
To what extent you think that your family members feel about your importance to the family (AFF 2) | 0.93*** |
Functional solidarity | Â |
Settling dispute (FNC 1) | 1 |
Taking care of household chores (FNC 2) | 0.592*** |
Giving advice to the children (FNC 3) | 0.872*** |
Taking care of grandchildren (FNC 4) | 0.426*** |
Consensual solidarity | Â |
Property purchases and sales (CNS 1) | 1 |
Children’s and grandchildren’s education(CNS 2) | 0.949*** |
The giving of gifts to relatives.(CNS 3) | 0.969*** |
Wedding of a son/daughter (CNS 4) | 0.902*** |
Purchasing household items.(CNS 5) | 0.99*** |
Arrangement of social and religious events (CNS 6) | 0.829*** |
Social participation | Â |
How often in the last 12 months have you attended any public meeting in which there was discussion of local, community or political affairs? (SP 1) | 1 |
How often in the last 12 months have you attended any group, club, society, union or organizational meeting? (SP 2) | 0.954*** |
How often in the last 12 months have you worked with other people in your neighborhood to fix or improve something?(SP 3) | 0.863*** |
Socio economic status (SES) | Â |
Education level (SES 1) | 1 |
Income (SES 2) | 0.957*** |