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Correlational findings

Study Knight & Gunatilaka (2010): study CN 2002

Public
16+ aged rural-urban migrants, China, 2002
Survey name
CN-CHIP 2002
Sample
Respondents
N = 1930
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Gender
Our Classification
Distribution
61% male
Operationalization
1: Male
0: Female

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks M-FH-g-sq-v-5-da b = -.27 p < .05 B controlled for:
- Household income
- Income expectations
- Marital Status
- Education
- Financial assets
- Unemployment
- Working hours
- Health
- Duration of urban residence
- Regional income
- Living with family members
- Remittances
- Area of house
- Living in own house
- Heating
- Child left behind
- Number of friends/relatives in city

Effect is stronger for those who migrated less long ago

Interaction male*married: B=+.35(p<.01)