Study Xin & Smyth (2010): study CN 2003

Public

18+ aged general public in 30 cities, China, 2003

Survey name

Unnamed study

Sample

Respondents

N = 8867

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face
Respondents were interviewed in person in shopping districts of each city by a CMMRC employee trained in interview techniques.

Correlate

Authors's Label

Openness of economy in province of city

Our Classification

Remarks

Data collected in the immediate aftermath of China joining the WTO, when economic opening up was at the forefront of people’s minds.

Distribution

Range: 0.04303 -  1.556.
Mean = 0.347; SD = 0.44;

Operationalization

Share of imports and expeorts in provincial GDP

Observed Relation with Happiness