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Correlational findings

Study Timmermans (1997): study CN 1990

Public
18+aged, general public, China, 1990
Sample
Respondents
N = 1000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview

Correlate

Authors's Label
Household income
Our Classification
Operationalization
Single question: "Here is a scale of incomes and we would like to know in what group your household is, counting all wages, salaries, pensions and other incomes that come in" rated on a 10-point scale (scale categories not reported in datafile).

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a DM = + 1       M=3.03     Mt=6.8
2       M=2.99     Mt=6.6
3       M=2.90     Mt=6.3
4       M=2.87     Mt=6.3
5       M=2.89     Mt=6.3
6       M=2.73     Mt=5.8
7       M=2.98     Mt=6.6
8       M=2.86     Mt=6.2
9       M=2.39     Mt=4.6
10      M=2.74     Mt=5.8
A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a DM = + 1       M=1.35      Mt=6.4
2       M=1.16      Mt=6.2
3       M=1.36      Mt=6.4
4       M=1.21      Mt=6.2
5       M= .84      Mt=5.8
6       M=1.43      Mt=6.4
7       M=2.06      Mt=7.1
8       M=1.82      Mt=6.8
9       M=1.63      Mt=6.6
10      M=2.40      Mt=7.4
O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a r = -.09 p < .01 A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a r = +.06 p < .05 O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a tc = -.07 p < .01 A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a tc = +.01 ns O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a Beta = -.09 p < .01 ß controlled for sex and age A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a Beta = +.06 p < .05 ß controlled for sex and age