Knight & Gunatilaka (2018): study CN 2003 /1

Publication

Author(s):

Knight, J.B.; Gunatilaka, R.

Title:

Rural-Urban Migration and Happiness in China.

Source:

World Happiness Report 2018, Chapter 4, 67 - 88

Investigation

Public

Rural to urban migrants, China, 2003

Survey name

Unnamed study

Sample

Probability sample (unspecified)

Respondents

N = 1850

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:

Self report on single question:

How happy do you feel about your life as a whole these days?
5  very happy
4  happy
3  so-so
2  not happy
1  not at all happy

Classification:

O-HL-c-sq-v-5-ab

Author's label:

Happiness

Page in publication:

67

Observed distribution

Summary Statistics

On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10

Mean:

2.40 -

SD:

- -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding log per capita household income Equivalent household income duration of urban residence Time since last move health Global health self-rating expectation big income increase Income expectations
Change to better or worse expectation small income increase Income expectations expectation income decrease Income expectations log average per capita income in current city Economic prosperity in vicinity log average rural income in province of origin Average income in region family members Living alone or not number relatives and friends Current number of friends child in village Child lives not in own household No heating Facilities in the house R square Summed effects of current environmental + individual conditions (macro+ micro)