Life Satisfaction and Social and Emotional Support Among Asian American Older Adults

Riti Shimkhada; Hin Wing Tse; Ninez A. Ponce

doi:10.3122/jabfm.2022.01.210232

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Social Emotional Support and Current Life Satisfaction Among Adults, 65 Years and Older, California Health Interview Survey, 2018^*: Usually or Always Receiving Needed Social and Emotional Support and Current Life Satisfaction 7 or Above on a Scale of 0–10

	% (95% Confidence Interval)
	Social/Emotional Support	Current Life Satisfaction
Asian American (AA)	56.3 (47.5 to 65.2)	53.9 (46.7 to 61.1)
Chinese	56.7 (44.2 to 69.2)	48.0 (35.5 to 60.6)
Korean	29.8 (14.9 to 44.7)	39.7 (22.0 to 57.5)
Filipino	58.7 (39.4 to 78.0)	76.6 (56.5 to 96.7)
Vietnamese	65.3 (49.3 to 81.4)	47.2 (29.6 to 64.8)
All Non-AA	79.8 (77.2 to 82.4)	80.0 (78.0 to 82.1)
Black	66.4 (52.1 to 80.8)	70.3 (55.6 to 85.0)
Latino	72.0 (65.6 to 78.4)	74.3 (67.5 to 81.1)
White	83.3 (81.1 to 85.5)	82.7 (80.5 to 84.9)

↵* Due to statistical instability the following groups are not shown in the table: Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native, two or more races, South Asian, Japanese, other Asian; race/ethnicity is defined by U.S. Office of Management and Budget categories, which include single race and ethnicity categories (eg, AA is single race, non-Latino); there were no significant differences in poverty (under 200% federal poverty level), living alone (1 in household), % married, years lived in United States (10+ years), age, place of residence (urban, rural, suburban) between any of the 65+ AA subgroups.