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Correlational findings

Study Knight & Gunatilaka (2014a): study CN 2002

Public
Adult general public, rural areas, China, 2002
Survey name
CN-National Household Survey China
Sample
Respondents
N = 9500
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Marital status
Our Classification
Operationalization
A Married vs. other
B Divorced vs. other
C Widowed vs. other

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-g-sq-v-5-i b = +.10 ns A O-HL-g-sq-v-5-i b = -.35 p < .10 B O-HL-g-sq-v-5-i b = -.27 p < .05 C

b's controlled for:
- Economic variables
  - income
  - financial assets
  - debts
  - working hours
- Conditioning variables
  - age and age squared
  - gender
  - education
  - mood
  - health

b's not significantly affected by additionally controlling for:
- relative income to village
- expected income next 5 years
- perception of income 5 years ago
- province (dummies)