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Studies

Knight & Gunatilaka (2010): study CN 2002

Publication

Author(s):
Knight, J.B.; Gunatilaka, R.
Title:
Great Expectations? The Subjective Well-Being of Rural-Urban Migrants in China.
Source:
World Development, 2010, Vol. 38, 113 - 124

Investigation

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

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self-report on single question:

Generally speaking, how happy do you feel?
4 very happy
3 happy
2 so-so
1 not happy
0 not happy at all
Classification:
M-FH-g-sq-v-5-da
Author's label:
Happiness
Page in publication:
114-115
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 1.76%,   2: 9.47%,   3: 45.09%,   4: 37.33%,   5: 6.35%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.37 -
SD:
- -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Log of per capita household income