Study Han (2015): study CN 2009

Public

18-70 aged general public, China, 2009

Survey name

Unnamed study

Sample

Respondents

N = 2866

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label

Social comparison

Our Classification

Distribution

Urban: Mean (SD) = 2.99 (.55)
Rural: Mean (SD) = 2.86 (.58)

Related specification variables

Operationalization

Self reported on 4 questions about own standard of living compared to
a) relatives
b) former class mates
c) coworkers
d) neighbors
Rated
1 = Much worse
2 = Somewhat worse
3 = About the same
4 = Somewhat better
5 = Much better

Computation of index (a+b+c+d)/4

Observed Relation with Happiness