Xin & Smyth (2010): study CN Hainan 2003
Publication
- Author(s):
- Xin, W.; Smyth, R.
- Title:
- Economic Openness and Subjective Well-being in China.
- Source:
- China & World Economy , 2010, Vol. 18, 22 - 40
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged general public, Hainan city, China, 2003
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Non-probability purposive-quota sample
- Respondents
- N = 0
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Respondents were interviewed in person in shopping districts of each city by a CMMRC employee trained in interview techniques.
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
'How satisfied are you with your life now?'
5 very satisfied
2 satisfied
3 neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
2 dissatisfied
1 very dissatisfied - Classification:
- O-SLu-c-sq-v-5-e
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Page in publication:
- 31
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.81 -
- SD:
- - -