Knight & Gunatilaka (2018): study CN 2003
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
- Working aged: rural , rural-urban migrants urban born, 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:
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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
- Remarks:
- rural living M = 2.7
urban born/living M = 2.5
rural-urban migrants M = 2.4 - Page in publication:
- 70
Correlational Findings
Moved from rural to urban area