Table 2.
The definition of variate and descriptive statistics.
| Variate | Code and assignment | Min | Max | Mean | SD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Explained variable | |||||||
| Happiness | 1, Very unhappy 4, Relatively happy |
2, Not very happy 5, Very happy |
3, General | 1 | 5 | 4.17 | 0.88 |
| Compared with the previous sense of happiness | 1, Not happy | 2, Uncertain | 3, Happy | 1 | 3 | 2.49 | 0.66 |
| Compared with the happiness of the people around you | 1, Not happy | 2, Uncertain | 3, Happy | 1 | 3 | 2.68 | 0.58 |
| Explanatory variable | |||||||
| Reverse economic support | 0, No | 1, Yes | 0 | 1 | 0.22 | 0.41 | |
| Reverse time support | 0, No | 1, Yes | 0 | 1 | 0.65 | 0.48 | |
| Reverse spiritual support | 1, No | 2, Uncertain | 3, Yes | 1 | 3 | 2.67 | 0.60 |
| Controlled variable | |||||||
| Economic condition | 1, Not very good | 2, Average | 3, Very good | 1 | 3 | 2.33 | 0.67 |
| Pension method realized* | 0, No | 1, Yes | 0 | 1 | 0.95 | 0.21 | |
| Marital status | 0, No spouse | 1, With spouse | 0 | 1 | 0.73 | 0.44 | |
| Health condition | 1, Not very good | 2, Average | 3, Very good | 1 | 3 | 2.32 | 0.65 |
| Community service | 0–9, Number of items of community service content obtained | 0 | 9 | 1.84 | 2.02 | ||
| Gender | 0, Male | 1, Female | 0 | 1 | 0.51 | 0.50 | |
| Heterogeneity test variable | |||||||
| Household register | 0, Agricultural | 1, Non-agricultural | 0 | 1 | 0.19 | 0.40 | |
| Age | 1, 60-69 years old | 2, 70-79 years old | 3, 80 years old and over | 1 | 3 | 1.62 | 0.72 |
| Number of offspring | 1, no kid | 2, 1 kid | 3, 2 kids 4, 3 or more children | 1 | 4 | 3.14 | 0.84 |
| Chronic disease | 0, No | 1, Yes | 0 | 1 | 0.34 | 0.48 | |
| Delay retirement | 1, no work | 2, Occasionally work | 3, Work | 1 | 3 | 1.77 | 0.80 |
| Positive economic support | 1, No | 2, Occasionally | 3, Often | 1 | 3 | 2.56 | 0.56 |
| Positive time support | 0, No | 1, Yes | 0 | 1 | 0.93 | 0.26 | |
| Positive spiritual support | 0, No | 1, Yes | 0 | 1 | 0.68 | 0.47 | |
*
“Pension method realized” refers to whether the current pension method of the elderly, including home care, community care, and institutional care, is consistent with their expectations.