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 Age difference among elderly
Age differences among middle aged Gender Sex: male (vs female) Education Level of school-education
Vocational education Marriage Married (vs all unmarried) Health condition Number of health complaints
Ability to perform tasks in daily life Residence Rural dwelling (vs urban) Household income Household income
Income from paid work
Non-money income from farming
Income from workfare Size of land Property Size of house Surface of house Use of New Rural Pension Program Social security in region
Effect of pension reform
Private pensions
Expenditures on Insurances Other pension Private pensions Descendants Having grand-children
Number of children
Family size Having a son Gender of children No pension Private pensions
Expenditures on Insurances