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:
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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