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Studies

Abbott et al. (2016): study CN 2012

Publication

Author(s):
Abbott, P.; Lin, K; Wallace, C.
Title:
The Quality of Society and Life Satisfaction in China.
Source:
Social Indicators Research, 2016, Vol. 127, 653 - 670

Investigation

Public
18-75 aged, general public, China, 2012-13
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurvey 6
Sample
Probability stratified sample
Respondents
N = 2300
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as-a-whole these days?
1   dissatisfied
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10  satisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a
Author's label:
Life satisfaction
Page in publication:
661

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Save money Savings Incomes scale Current income level (unspecified) Most people can be trusted Trust in fellow-man in nation Would people take advantage or try to be fair? Trust in people Civil society confidence Trust in institutions Media confidence Trust in mass media Government institutions confidence Trust in institutions Trust: your familiy Trust in people
Trust in relatives
Trust your neighbourhood Trust in local society
Trust in people
Trust people you know personally Trust in people
Trust in intimates
Married Married state (compared to non-married states) Part of the chinese natinon Identification with nation Part of local community Attitude to vicinity Education Level of school-education State of subjective health Self-perceived health Freedom of choice and control over life Current freedom Lived poverty scale Subjective poverty