Investigation into the subjective well-being of older adults via confirmatory factor analysis and analytic hierarchy process—an empirical analysis based on CGSS2021 data

Overall, it shows that the subjective happiness of the Chinese older adults is strong and unhappiness is weak. Then we further find significant differences in the above scores of older adults with different socioeconomic status through one-way ANOVA. Based on the results of the study, we finally proposed targeted recommendations to improve the happiness feelings of older adults, including encouraging communication with family members and improving body parts.