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

Ascribed attributions of inequality

Our Classification

Distribution

Urban: Mean (SD) = 3.13 (.72)
Rural: Mean (SD) = 3.11 (.83)

Related specification variables

Operationalization

Self report on 4 family-related factors causing inequality:
a) being born and brought up in a poor family
b) being born and brought up in family with low levels of parental education
c) being born and brought up in a wealthy family
d) being born and brought up in family with high levels of parental education
Rated: 1 = no importance at all; 5 = complete importance

Computation of index: ((a+b)/2) - ((c+d)/2)

Observed Relation with Happiness