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Correlational findings

Study Zhao (2012): study CN 2003

Public
18-60 general public, urban China, 2003
Survey name
CN-GSS 2003
Sample
Respondents
N = 3431
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Perceived change in socioeconomic status
Our Classification
Remarks
Status moving down: 29.5% Status staying the same: 40.9% Status moving up: 29.6%
Operationalization
Self-report on single question: How do you evaluate your socioeconomic status compared with 3 years ago (i.e., after 2000)?
3 ordinal responses, rated:
[ 1 ] moving downward
[ 2 ] stay roughly the same
[ 3 ] moving upward

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-c-sq-v-5-i r = +.36