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
- Relative value of materialistic pursuit
- Our Classification
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- Distribution
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Urban: Mean (SD) = -.54 (2.79)
Rural: Mean (SD) = -.13 (2.02) - Operationalization
- Self report on 3 questions on perceived importance of:
a) family happiness
b) contributing to the happiness of others and society
c) personal wealth
Rated 0-10
Index of relativ value of materialistic pursuit:
(a+b)/2 - c
Observed Relation with Happiness
b controled for:
- personal characteristics
- education
- gender
- age
- marital status
- political orientation
- household size
- health
- income
- societal evaluation variables
- social comparison
- inequality variables
- trust variables