Guo & Shu (2009): study CN 2006 /1
Publication
- Author(s):
- Guo, D.; Shu, M.
- Title:
- The Perception of Well-Being and Social Harmony in China.
- Source:
- Inoguchi, T.; Ed.: "Human Beliefs and Values in East and Southeast Asia in Transition", Akashi Shoten, 2009, Japan, 35 - 54
Investigation
- Public
- 20-69 aged general public, China, 2006
- Survey name
- AsiaBarometer 2006
- Sample
- Probability multi-stage random
- Respondents
- N = 2000
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question
All things considered, would you say you are happy these days?
5 very happy
4 pretty happy
3 neither happy, not unhappy
2 not too happy
1 very unhappy
- Don't know - Classification:
- O-HL-c-sq-v-5-m
- Author's label:
- Subjective happiness
- Remarks:
- reversed by the WDH team (in the questionnaire, 1= very happy and 5 = very unhappy)
- Page in publication:
- 41-42
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 1.7%, 2: 4.7%, 3: 35.7%, 4: 39%, 5: 18.9% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.69 6.39
- SD:
- 0.89 1.75
Correlational Findings
Unemployed involuntary
Self employed
Married (vs widowed)
Married (vs divorced)
Current modernity