Liang Xu

Care Responsibility, Participation and Consultation in Japanese Public Texts on Ageing

Drawing on three publicly available Japanese primary-source texts, this paper examines how these texts describe public arrangements’ responses to older people’s wishes, the efforts of those providing support, and the ways in which relevant people participate in consultation. The...

Changes across Periods in the Proportion of Older Americans Reporting Low Happiness

Using five repeated cross-sectional waves of the US General Social Survey (GSS)—2010, 2012, 2014, 2022 and 2024—this study analyses 2,949 respondents aged 65 and over. It examines changes in the proportion reporting that they are “not too happy” between 2010–2014 and 2022–2024, h...

Changes across Periods in the Proportion of Older Americans Reporting Low Happiness

Using five repeated cross-sectional waves of the US General Social Survey (GSS)—2010, 2012, 2014, 2022 and 2024—this study analyses 2,949 respondents aged 65 and over. It examines changes in the proportion reporting that they are “not too happy” between 2010–2014 and 2022–2024, h...