Han (2015): study CN 2009

Publication

Author(s):

Han, C.

Title:

Explaining the Subjective Well-Being of Urban and Rural Chinese: Income, Personal Concerns, and Societal Evaluations.

Source:

Social Science Research, Vol. 49, 2015, 179 - 190

Investigation

Public

18-70 aged general public, China, 2009

Survey name

Unnamed study

Sample

Probability stratified sample

Respondents

N = 2866

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:

Self report on single  question:

"......happiness during past few weeks....." (full lead not reported)
4  very happy
3
2
1  not too happy

Classification:

M-FH-cm-sq-v-4-a

Author's label:

Subjective well-being

Page in publication:

179

Observed distribution

Summary Statistics

On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10

Mean:

3.06 -

SD:

0.81 -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Log household income Household income Social comparison Relative income Relative value of materialistic pursuit Materialistic values Individualistic attributions of inequality Attitude to income inequality in nation Structural attributions of inequality Attitudes to social inequality in nation Ascribed attributions of inequality Attitudes to social inequality in nation Institutional trust Trust in government
Trust in local government Assessment of social protection Attitudes to state-services Social trust Trust in people Education Years schooling Gender Current gender Age Current age (in years) Married Married state (compared to non-married states) CCP member Membership of political organizations
Political (party) preference Household size Number of persons in household Self-reported health Self-perceived health R² Summed socio-demographics+ health + values