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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
Duration of urban residence
Our Classification
Distribution
M=7.51
Operationalization
Self-report on single question:
How many years have you lived in an urban area by the end of 2002? ..

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks M-FH-g-sq-v-5-da b = +.01 p < .10 B controlled for:
- Future income expectations
- Gender
- Marital Status
- Interaction gender*marital status
- Education
- Financial assets
- Unemployment
- Working hours
- Health
- Household income
- Regional income
- Living with family members
- Remittances
- Area of house
- Living in own house
- Heating
- Child left behind
- Number of friends/relatives in city

Duration of urban residence squared:
B=-.00(p<.10)