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
- Household income compared to village average
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Only rural respondents Question and ratings not reported Question and ratings not reported
- Distribution
- A: 2%; B: 19%; C: 20%
- Operationalization
- Household income compared to village average:
A much above village average
B below village average
C much below village average
Assumed dummies:
1 Yes
0 No
Observed Relation with Happiness
A much above village average +.22(01)
B below village average +.11(01)
C much below village average -.27(01)
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
- comparison variables
- living standards compared to 5 years ago
- expected income over next 5 years
- gini of household income p.c. county level
- attitudinal variables
- degree of harmony among lineages
- degree of harmony in village
- agree that money is important
- importance of family
- importance of friends