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

Individualistic attributions of inequality

Our Classification

Distribution

Urban: Mean (SD) = 3.83 (.60)
Rural: Mean (SD) = 3.90 (.69)

Related specification variables

Operationalization

Self report on 4 factors contributing to inequality:
a) lack of talent and ability causing poverty
b) lack of personal effort causing poverty
c) talent and ability leading to wealth
d) hard work leading to wealth
Rated:
1 = no importance at all; 5 = complete importance

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

Observed Relation with Happiness