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Studies

Ma et al. (2021): study CN 2014

Publication

Author(s):
Ma, W.; Vatsa, P; Zheng, H; Zhou, X
Title:
Happiness and farm productivity: insights from maiize farmers in China
Source:
International Journal of Social Economics 49 (1) 97-106

Investigation

Public
Farmers, China, 2014
Survey name
CN-China Household Finance Survey 2015
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 4212
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI)
Household head were interviewed

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Selfreport on single question:

In general, to what extend do you feel happy?
5 very happy
4 happy
3 fair
2 unhappy
1 very unhappy
Classification:
M-FH-g-sq-v-5-h
Author's label:
happiness
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.64 0.86
SD:
- -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Maize productivity Productivity at work Age Current age (in years) Gender Current gender Education Level of school-education Off-farm work Off-farm work Cadres Leadership position Household size Number of persons in household Farm size Size of farm Landcertification Security of farm land holding Machinery Machinery Subsidy Subsidy Access to credit Debts
Availability of credit
Car Car Region in China Region in China Donation Charity