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Correlational findings

Study Shu & Zhu (2009): study CN 2006

Public
20-69 aged, general public, China, 2006
Sample
Respondents
N = 2000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Interpersonal life sphere
Our Classification
Distribution
a:      M=1.08,  73.2% satisfied,  3.4% dissatisfied
b:      M=0.80,  60.5% satisfied,  2.5% dissatisfied
c:      M=0.61,  51.7% satisfied,  7.9% dissatisfied
d:      M=0.58,  48.7% satisfied,  6.0% dissatisfied

Average  M=0.77
Operationalization
Self report on four questions: How satisfied are you with ...
a your marriage
b your friendship
c your family life
d your neighbours.
Rated:
-2 very dissatisfied
-1 somewhat dissatisfied
0 neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
+1 somewhat satisfied
+2 very satisfied

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-c-sq-v-5-m OR = 1.68 p < .00 M-FH-c-sq-v-4-b OR = 1.18 p < .00 C-W-u-sq-v-4-c OR = 1.18 p < .00 M-ACO-*-mq-v-7-a b = +.26 p < .00 OR and B controled for
- gender
- age cohort
- educational attainment
- marital status
- household income
- unemployed
- rural residency
- value priorities
- lifestyle