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Sasaki (2016): study JP 2014

Publication

Author(s):
Sasaki, H.
Title:
Do Japanese Citizens Move to Rural Areas Seeking a Slower Life? Differences between Rural and Urban Areas in Subjective Well-Being.
Source:
5th AIEAA Conference - The changing role of regulation in the bio-based economy, 2016, 1 - 18, Bologna, Italy

Investigation

Public
20-64 aged general public, Japan, 2014
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 1500
Non Response
Assessment
Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Overall, how happy are you these days?
0  very unhappy
1
2
3
4
5  neither happy nor unhappy
6
7
8
9
10 very happy
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-n-11-ax
Author's label:
Subjective Well-being
Page in publication:
3
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
5.82 -
SD:
2.23 -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Gender Sexe: male (vs female) Age Current age (in years) Employment Unemployed involuntary
Not in labor force
Employed
Marital status Married state (compared to non-married states)
Divorced or separated
Children Ever had children (vs not) Health Global health self-rating Income Household income Migration Moved from rural to utban area
Moved back
Attitudes rural conservation Attitude to rural conservation Farmer Being a farmer Rural activity Advocacy for rural conservation Perspective on food/agriculture Attitude to rural conservation Neighbor friendliness Satisfaction with neighbors Attendance regional activities Current participation in voluntary associations Trust person Trust in people Government trust Trust in government Norms of reciprocity Norms of reciprocity in region Shock Burden of current life-events Time discount Development of time-behaviour Risk aversion 1 Risk minded Risk aversion 2 Risk minded Altruism Moral Satoyama Actual quality of local environment
Environmental quality in region
Population decrease Change of city size
Population growth/decline
Relative income Relative income Farmland Living on a farm rural-urban Rural dwelling (vs urban) Pseudo R-squared Summed socio-demographic + social ties
Summed ocio-demographic + environment + health + life events + ties
Agricultural multifunctionality knowledge Current involvement in farming
Current competences
Rural resident experience Earlier rural residence