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Correlational findings

Study Appleton & Song (2008): study CN 2002

Public
Adults, general public, urban areas, China, 2002
Survey name
CN-CHIP 2002
Sample
Respondents
N = 6977
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Medical insurance coverage
Our Classification
Distribution
a) 36%, b) 2%, c) 30%, d) 4%, e) 28%
Operationalization
Self-report:
a) Medical insurance-serious illness coverage
b) Self-paid medical insurance
c) No medical insurance
d) Other medical insurance
e) Medical treatment covered by the state agents (reference)

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-u-sq-v-5-n OPRC = -.09 p < .01 MEDICAL INSUREANCE-SERIOUS ILLNESS COVERAGE (vs covered by state agents) O-SLW-u-sq-v-5-n OPRC = -.13 ns SELF-PAID MEDICAL INSURANCE (vs covered by state agents) O-SLW-u-sq-v-5-n OPRC = -.25 p < .01 NO MEDICAL INSURANCE (vs covered by state agents) O-SLW-u-sq-v-5-n OPRC = +.17 p < .05 OTHER MEDICAL INSURANCE (vs covered by state agents)

OPRC's controlled for:
- Fall in household income
- Household income
- Age (squared)
- Gender
- Unemployed
- Sociability
- Marital status
- Belief in religious tolerance
- Dependent relatives
- Health
- Political factors
- Occupation type
- Hukou location
- Province