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Correlational findings

Study Wang et al. (2013): study CN 2008

Public:
19+ aged, general public, China, 2008
Survey name:
CN-GSS
Sample:
Respondents:
N = 5395
Non Response:
Assessment:
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's label
Divorced (vs married)
Our Classification
Operationalization
Self-report on single question:
Your current marital status is:
1: Married
0: Divorced

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-u-sq-v-5-h b = +.09 p < .01 FULL SAMPLE               (N=5395) O-HL-u-sq-v-5-h b = +.06 p < .01 FIRST-GENERATION MIGRANTS (N=2213) O-HL-u-sq-v-5-h b = +.18 p < .01 NEW-GENERATION MIGRANTS   (N=444) O-HL-u-sq-v-5-h b = +.10 p < .01 URBAN LOCALS              (N=2738)

B's controlled for:
- age and age squared
- gender
- years of education
- health status
- having children
- hourly income
- region of residence
- surface area of house
- number of friends
- perceived recent change in social class
- job satisfaction

Full sample is additionally controlled for migrant status