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Correlational findings

Study Knight & Gunatilaka (2011): study CN 2002

Public
Adults, China, 2002
Survey name
CN-CHIP 2002
Sample
Respondents
N = 8872
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Profit or loss of enterprise
Our Classification
Remarks
Only urban respondents Question and ratings not reported
Operationalization
Self-reported profit or loss of enterprise:
A Enterprise made high profit
B Enterprise made loss

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-c-sq-v-5-ae b = +/- Enterprise:             b
A Made high profit    +.03(ns)
B Made loss           -.08(10)

b's controlled for:
- basic variables:
  - gender
  - age and age squared
  - marital status
  - health
- conventional economic variables
  - log of p.c. household income
  - net wealth
  - working hours (100's per year)
- comparison variables
  - fairness income distribution in China/city
  - living standard in city
  - expected change in income in next 5 years
  - log average p.c. provincial income
- insecurity variables
  - unemployed
  - peceived most social problems
  - laid off work sometime 2002