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
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Interview: face-to-face
Assessment in 2 waves: 2010 and 2012
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Specific consumption categories
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- in RMB in 2010 prices
- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Annual consumption expenditures per capita on :
a food
b dress/clothing
c housing
d necessities
e medical treatment and fitness
f transportation and communication
g education and entertainment
h transfers
I welfare
m mortgage
n other
Observed Relation with Happiness
Males: Beta=+.05 (p<.01)
Females: Beta=+.00 (ns)
Urban: Beta=+.02 (ns)
Rural: Beta=+.02 (ns)
Locals: Beta=+.04 (p<.01)
Migrants: Beta=-.02 (ns)
Males: Beta=-.00 (ns)
Females: Beta=+.00 (ns)
Urban: Beta=-.00 (ns)
Rural: Beta=+.00 (ns)
Locals: Beta=-.00 (ns)
Migrants: Beta=-.01 (ns)
Males: Beta=-.00 (ns)
Females: Beta=-.00 (ns)
Urban: Beta=-.00 (ns)
Rural: Beta=-.00 (ns)
Locals: Beta=-.00 (ns)
Migrants: Beta=+.00 (ns)
Males: Beta=-.00 (ns)
Females: Beta=-.00 (ns)
Urban: Beta=-.00 (ns)
Rural: Beta=-.00 (p<.05)
Locals: Beta=-.00 (ns)
Migrants: Beta=+.00 (ns)
Males: Beta=+.02 (p<.01)
Females: Beta=+.01 (p<.01)
Urban: Beta=+.02 (p<.01)
Rural: Beta=+.02 (p<.01)
Locals: Beta=+.02 (p<.01))
Migrants: Beta=-.01 (ns)
Males: Beta=+.00 (ns)
Females: Beta=-.00 (ns)
Urban: Beta=-.00 (ns)
Rural: Beta=+.00 (ns)
Locals: Beta=+.00 (ns)
Migrants: Beta=-.00 (ns)
Males: Beta=+.00 (ns)
Females: Beta=+.00 (ns)
Urban: Beta=+.00 (ns)
Rural: Beta=+.00 (p<.05)
Locals: Beta=+.01 (p<.05))
Migrants: Beta=-.00 (ns)
Males: Beta=+.02 (p<.05)
Females: Beta=-.00 (ns)
Urban: Beta=-.00 (ns)
Rural: Beta=+.02 (ns)
Locals: Beta=+.00 (ns)
Migrants: Beta=-.01 (ns)
Males: Beta=+.00 (ns)
Females: Beta=+.00 (ns)
Urban: Beta=+.00 (ns)
Rural: Beta=-.00 (ns)
Locals: Beta=+.00 (ns)
Migrants: Beta=+.00 (ns)
Males: Beta=+.00 (ns)
Females: Beta=-.00 (ns)
Urban: Beta=+.00 (ns)
Rural: Beta=-.00 (ns)
Locals: Beta=+.00 (ns)
Migrants: Beta=-.00 (ns)
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 obtained in fixed effect analysis