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Correlational findings

Study Wang et al. (2015): study CN 2010

Public
18+ aged, general public, China, 2010-2012
Survey name
CN-CFPS 2010 + 2012
Sample
Respondents
N = 61009
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
Assessment in 2 waves: 2010 and 2012

Correlate

Authors's Label
Consumption expenditures
Our Classification
Related specification variables
Operationalization
Annual consumption expenditures per capita in RMB in 2010 prices

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLu-u-sq-v-5-j Beta = +.00 p < .01 Beta=+0.0014 (p<.01) O-SLu-u-sq-v-5-j Beta = +.00 p < .01 Males: Beta=+.0019 (p<.01) O-SLu-u-sq-v-5-j Beta = +.00 ns Females: Beta=+.0007(ns) O-SLu-u-sq-v-5-j Beta = +.00 p < .05 Urban residents: Beta=+.0013 (p<.05) O-SLu-u-sq-v-5-j Beta = +.00 ns Rural residents: Beta=+.0007 (ns) O-SLu-u-sq-v-5-j Beta = +.00 ns Urban migrants: Beta=+.0001 (ns) O-SLu-u-sq-v-5-j Beta = +.00 p < .01 Urban locals: Beta=+.0012 (p<.05)

All beta's controlled for:
- Individual characteristics:
  - age
  - age squared
  - marital status
  - schooling (years)
  - urban vs. rural
  - health
  - health compared to 1 year ago  
  - employment status
  - employment sector
  - occupation level
  - working hours
  - welfare entitlements
  - house ownership
  - housing type
  - social status at local level (self-assessed)
  - confidence in future
  - unfair treatment experienced
- Environment characteristics:
  - performance of county government
  - community type (residential or village)
  - economic condition of community
  - socio-economic homogenity of community
  - spaciousness of community
  - location of community(city,town,village or suburb)
  - time to get to nearest business center
  - region (east, west or central)

Similar results from analyses using:
- fixed effect
- ordinal O-SLu-u-sq-v-5-j Beta = -.00 p < .01 Squared total consumption: Beta=-.0000(p<.01) (means that there is no declining utility) O-SLu-u-sq-v-5-j Beta = +.00 p < .01 Beta= +.0027 (p<.01) when additionally controlled for squared total consumption