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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
Change of social class
Our Classification
Remarks
Order reversed by World Database of Happiness team
Related specification variables
Operationalization
Self-report on single question: exact question unknown.

Rated:
1 Lowest
:
10 Highest

Unknown how change is examined.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-u-sq-v-5-h b = +.03 p < .01 FULL SAMPLE               (N=5395) O-HL-u-sq-v-5-h b = +.02 p < .01 FIRST-GENERATION MIGRANTS (N=2213) O-HL-u-sq-v-5-h b = +.01 ns NEW-GENERATION MIGRANTS   (N=444) O-HL-u-sq-v-5-h b = +.03 p < .01 URBAN LOCALS              (N=2738)

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

Full sample is additionally controlled for migrant status