Knight et al. (2009): study CN 2002
Publication
- Author(s):
- Knight, J.B.; Gunatilaka, R.; Song, L.
- Title:
- Subjective Well-Being and its Determinants in Rural China.
- Source:
- China Economic Review, 2009, Vol. 20, 635 - 649
Investigation
- Public
- Adult general public, rural areas, China, 2002
- Survey name
- CN-National Household Survey China
- Sample
- Selection from general population sample
- Respondents
- N = 9200
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
How happy are you with life in general?
5 very happy
4 fairly happy
3 so-so
2 unhappy
1 very unhappy - Classification:
- O-HL-g-sq-v-5-e
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Page in publication:
- 637
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0.9%, 2: 7.9%, 3: 28.9%, 4: 46.5%, 5: 15.8% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.68 6.16
- SD:
- 0.86 1.80