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Correlational findings

Study Feng et al. (2018): study CN 2013

Public
18+ aged, adults, China, 2013
Survey name
CN-China General Social Survey
Sample
Respondents
N = 5463
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Social activities
Our Classification
Error Estimates
SE=.004
Remarks
Text of questions not reported
Distribution
M=6.41; SD= 3.08
Operationalization
Selfreport on 2 questions on frequency of meeting friends and neighbors.

7 Every day
6 Several times a week
5 Several times a month
4 One time a month
3 Several times a year
2 One time a year
1 Never

Answers on the 2 questions were summed.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-c-sq-v-5-a b = +.02 p < .001 b controlled for:
- personal characteristics:
  - ICT usage
  - income
  - worktime
  - gender
  - education
  - religion
  - member of communist party
  - immigrant
- local characteristics:
  - capital city vs. not
  - gross regional product
  - local government expenditures
  - proportion of telephone subscriptions in
- city
  - proportion of students in city
  - proportion of social workers in city