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Correlational findings

Study Knight & Gunatilaka (2018): study CN 2003

Public
Working aged: rural , rural-urban migrants urban born, China, 2003
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Respondents
N = 1850
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
rural urban residence
Our Classification
Operationalization
A: rural living
B: urban born/living
C: rural-urban migrants

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-c-sq-v-5-ab DM = A: rural living          M = 2.7
B: urban born/living     M = 2.5
C: rural-urban migrants  M = 2.4 O-HL-c-sq-v-5-ab DM = +0.2 A-B O-HL-c-sq-v-5-ab DM = -0.3 A-C
The lower happines of migrants is not due to their lvel of income income, since they earn more,and is neither in the correlation between happiness and income, which is similar O-HL-c-sq-v-5-ab DM = +0.1 B-C
The lowerr happiness of migrants is largely in income expecttions and income position