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Correlational findings

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
Structural attributions of inequality
Our Classification
Distribution
Urban: Mean (SD) = 3.31 (.64)
Rural: Mean (SD) = 3.15 (.07)
Related specification variables
Operationalization
Self report on 6 factors about strcutural attributions of inequality:
a) prejudice and discrimination
b) lack of equal opportunities
c) deficiencies in current economic institutions for poverty
d) having connections
e) more opportunities to start with
f) unfair factors in the economic system for wealth
Rated: 1 = no importance; 5 = complete importance

Computation of index: (a+b+c+d+e+f)/6

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks M-FH-cm-sq-v-4-a b = -.08 p < .10 Urban sample M-FH-cm-sq-v-4-a b = -.07 p < .05 Rural sample

b controled for:
- personal characteristics
- education
- gender
- age
- marital status
- political orientation
- household size
- health
- income
- societal evaluation variables
- social comparison
- life goals
- inequality variables
- trust variables