Study Knight & Gunatilaka (2011): study CN 2002
- Public
- Adults, China, 2002
- Survey name
- CN-CHIP 2002
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 8872
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Expected change income over next 5 years
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Only urban respondents Measure and ratings not reported
- Distribution
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URBAN: Expect: big increase: 2%; small increase 46%; decrease: 19%
RURAL: Expect: big increase: 10%; small increase 68%; decrease: 4%
MIGRANTS: Expect: big increase: 7%; small increase 55%; decrease: 10% - Operationalization
- Expected change in income in next 5 years:
A Big increase
B Small increase
C Decrease
Assumed dummies
Observed Relation with Happiness
Expected change b
A Big increase +.28(05)
B Small increase +.10(05)
C Decrease -.24(01)
b's controlled for:
- basic variables:
- gender
- age and age squared
- marital status
- health
- conventional economic variables
- log of p.c. household income
- net wealth
- working hours (100's per year)
- comparison variables
- fairness income distribution in China/city
- living standard in city
- mean provincial income p.c. (log)
- insecurity variables
- unemployed
- self-experienced important social problems
- enterprise profit/loss
- laid off work sometime 2002
Expected change b
A Big increase +.28(05)
B Small increase +.10(05)
C Decrease -.24(01)
Expected change b
A Big increase +.30(01)
B Small increase +.03(ns)
C Decrease -.40(01)