| Publication |
| Author(s) | Knight, J.B.; Gunatilaka, R. |
| Title | Great Expectations? The Subjective Well-Being of Rural-Urban Migrants in China. |
| Source | World Development, 2010, Vol. 38, 113 - 124 |
| DOI | doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2009.03.002 |
| Investigation |
| Public | 16+ aged rural-urban migrants, China, 2002 |
| Survey name | CN-CHIP 2002 |
| | Rural-Urban Migrant Household Survey. |
| Sample | Probability multi-stage random |
| Respondents N = | 1930 |
| | Including 1784 employed migrants |
| Non Response | Not available |
| Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
| Happiness measure(s) used |
| Author's label | Subject Code
Finding | Subject description |
| Child still in village | C05ab | Current relation with one's children |
| Child still in village | C06ab03 | Time spend with children, also classified as above ↑ |
| Duration of urban residence | M09aa01c | Time since last move |
| Duration of work contract | E02ae04 | Tenure (vs flex contracts) |
| Education | E01ab01 | Years schooling |
| Gender | G01aa | Sex (male vs female) |
| Health | H14ab02 | Self-perceived health |
| House area | H22ab03e | Surface of house |
| Income expectations | I01af03 | Income expectations |
| Index of discrimination | E04ab01 | Ethnic discrimination in environment |
| Job perspective | E02ag03 | Perceived chances for employment |
| Living in own house | H22ab01a | House owned or rented |
| Living with family members | H20ab01 | Living alone or not |
| Log of average per capita income in city of current residence | R04ab01a | Average income in region |
| Log of average rural income in province of origin | R04ab01a | Average income in region |
| Log of per capita household income | I01ab03 | Household income |
| Marital status | M02aa | Married state (compared to non-married states) |
| Net financial assets | P12ab05 | Savings |
| Net financial assets | P12ab01 | Total wealth, also classified as above ↑ |
| No heating | H22ab03a | Quality of house |
| Number of friends and relatives in city | F03ab02 | Contacts with relatives |
| Number of friends and relatives in city | F06ad01 | Friends in community, also classified as above ↑ |
| Number of friends and relatives in city | L17ab01b | Local social contacts, also classified as above ↑ |
| Remittances | S11ab02b | Financial |
| Satisfaction with Job | W05ad01 | Satisfaction with work-as-a-whole |
| Unemployed | E02ab03 | Unemployed involuntary |
| Working hours | W04ab17 | Work hours |