Study Shu & Zhu (2009): study CN 2006

Public

20-69 aged, general public, China, 2006

Sample

Respondents

N = 2000

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label

Interpersonal life sphere

Our Classification

Distribution

a:      M=1.08,  73.2% satisfied,  3.4% dissatisfied
b:      M=0.80,  60.5% satisfied,  2.5% dissatisfied
c:      M=0.61,  51.7% satisfied,  7.9% dissatisfied
d:      M=0.58,  48.7% satisfied,  6.0% dissatisfied

Average  M=0.77

Operationalization

Self report on four questions: How satisfied are you with ...
a your marriage
b your friendship
c your family life
d your neighbours.
Rated:
-2 very dissatisfied
-1 somewhat dissatisfied
0 neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
+1 somewhat satisfied
+2 very satisfied

Observed Relation with Happiness