An exploratory study on the happiness of the elderly.

This paper identifies the important determinants of happiness, namely satisfaction with family, friends, personal health, finances, living condition and religion. A survey on the elderly in Singapore was conducted and the results show that family ties, financial security, personal health and living...

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Main Authors:	Koh, Wee Ling., Nursaleha Razelan., Tay, Jacelyn Hui Ying.
Other Authors:	Ho, Kong Weng
Format:	Final Year Project
Published:	2008
Subjects:	DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10356/10522
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spelling	sg-ntu-dr.10356-105222023-05-19T05:44:54Z An exploratory study on the happiness of the elderly. Koh, Wee Ling. Nursaleha Razelan. Tay, Jacelyn Hui Ying. Ho, Kong Weng Nanyang Business School DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology This paper identifies the important determinants of happiness, namely satisfaction with family, friends, personal health, finances, living condition and religion. A survey on the elderly in Singapore was conducted and the results show that family ties, financial security, personal health and living condition are important predictors of elderly happiness. Friends and religion are found to have negligible impact on the elderly happiness. Comparison with the U.S. GSS (General Social Survey) data strengthens these findings. 2008-09-24T07:44:33Z 2008-09-24T07:44:33Z 2008 2008 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/10522 Nanyang Technological University application/pdf
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description	This paper identifies the important determinants of happiness, namely satisfaction with family, friends, personal health, finances, living condition and religion. A survey on the elderly in Singapore was conducted and the results show that family ties, financial security, personal health and living condition are important predictors of elderly happiness. Friends and religion are found to have negligible impact on the elderly happiness. Comparison with the U.S. GSS (General Social Survey) data strengthens these findings.
author2	Ho, Kong Weng
author_facet	Ho, Kong Weng Koh, Wee Ling. Nursaleha Razelan. Tay, Jacelyn Hui Ying.
format	Final Year Project
author	Koh, Wee Ling. Nursaleha Razelan. Tay, Jacelyn Hui Ying.
author_sort	Koh, Wee Ling.
title	An exploratory study on the happiness of the elderly.
title_short	An exploratory study on the happiness of the elderly.
title_full	An exploratory study on the happiness of the elderly.
title_fullStr	An exploratory study on the happiness of the elderly.
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title_sort	exploratory study on the happiness of the elderly.
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An exploratory study on the happiness of the elderly.

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