Study Knight & Gunatilaka (2009): study CN 2003
- Public
- Adult general public, rural areas, China, 2003
- Survey name
- CN-National Household Survey China
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 9500
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Log of per capita income needed
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Selfreport on single question:
"What is the minimum income needed to sustain the household for a year?"
Log of per capita income need in 1000's yuan
Observed Relation with Happiness
- household income (log)
- age
- gender
- marital status
- ethnic minority dummy
- education
- working hours
- net financial assets
- self-reported health status
- lived outside township for at least 1 year
- expect big increase in income over next 5 years
- expect small increase in income over next 5 years
- expect decrease in income over next 5 years
- agreement with statement that money is important
- household income much above village average
- household income above village average
- household income below village average
- household income much below village average
- current living standards better than 5 years ago
- current living standards worse than 5 years ago