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Ding (2017): study CN 2011

Publication

Author(s):
Ding, Y.
Title:
Personal Life Satisfaction of China's Rural Elderly: Effect of the New Rural Pension Programme
Source:
Journal of International Development, 2017, Vol. 29, 52 - 66

Investigation

Public
45+ aged, rural hukou, China, 2011
Survey name
CN-China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS)
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 10378
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Please think of your life and situation right now. How satisfied are you with your life as a whole these days?
1  not satisfied at all
2  not very satisfied
3  somewhat satisfied
4  very satisfied
5  completely satisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-v-5-z
Author's label:
Life satisfaction
Page in publication:
57
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 2.75%,   2: 14.32%,   3: 60.87%,   4: 20.47%,   5: 1.6%   (total 100.01%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.04 6.58
SD:
0.72 1.90

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Age