Feng et al. (2018): study CN 2013

Publication

Author(s):

Feng, X; Jayakar, K.; Zhang, H.

Title:

Does the Adoption of Information and Communication Technologies Improve the Subjective Well-Being of Citizens? A Micro-Level and City-Level Empirical Investigation.

Source:

Conference Paper, 2018, The 22nd Biennial Conference of the International Telecommunications Society: "Beyond the Boundaries: Challenges for Business, Policy and Society", June 24th - 27th, 2018, Seoul, Korea

Investigation

Public

18+ aged, adults, China, 2013

Survey name

CN-China General Social Survey

Sample

Probability systematic sample

Respondents

N = 5463

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:

Self report on single question:

Taking all things together in your life, how would you say things are these days?  Would you say you are ....?
5  very happy
4  happy
3  neither happy nor unhappy
2  unhappy
1  very unhappy

Classification:

O-HL-c-sq-v-5-a

Author's label:

Happiness

Remarks:

72% of the respondents felt 'happy' or 'very happy'

Page in publication:

7

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding ICT-usage Use of communication amenities Work time Hours work Income Relative to income in neighborhood Social activities Visits to friends Gender Sex: male (vs female) Education Level of school-education Religion Religious (vs not) Communist party member Membership of political organizations Immigrant Ever moved or not
Ethnic status in China Capital city City of residence is a capital Gross regional product GDP in region Public finance expenditures for the city Size of government in region Proportion of telephone connections in city Telephone connections in vicinity Students Share of students in vicinity Social workers Public sector workers in vicinity Summed determinants Summed effects of environmental + individual characteristics (macro + micro)X