Smyth et al. (2008): study CN 2003
Publication
- Author(s):
- Smyth, R.; Mishra, V.; Qian, X.
- Title:
- The Environment and Well-being in Urban China.
- Source:
- Ecological Economics, 2008, Vol.68, 547 - 555
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, urban areas, China, 2003
- Sample
- Probability multi-stage random
- Respondents
- N = 8890
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Respondents were interviewed in person in shopping centers
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
'How satisfied are you with your life now?'
5 very satisfied
2 satisfied
3 neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
2 dissatisfied
1 very dissatisfied - Classification:
- O-SLu-c-sq-v-5-e
- Author's label:
- subjective wellbeing
- Page in publication:
- 549
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 2.6%, 2: 13.4%, 3: 41.9%, 4: 39.3%, 5: 2.8% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.26 6.13
- SD:
- 0.82 2.22