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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
Marital status
Our Classification
Distribution
90% married
Operationalization
Self-report on single question on marital status:
1: With spouse
0: Otherwise

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks M-FH-g-sq-v-5-da b = -.06 ns B controlled for:
- Household income
- Gender
- Income expectations
- 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

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

Interaction is only negative for those who migrated recently