Yang (2001): study CN Hebei 2001

Publication

Author(s):

Yang, M.

Title:

The Influence of Inequality of Urban Residents Life Satisfaction - A Survey on Wuhan City

Source:

Working Paper, 2001, 1 - 21

Investigation

Public:

20+ aged urban population, Wuhan city, China, 2001

Survey name:

Unnamed study

Sample:

Probability multi-stage random

Respondents:

N = 308

Non Response:

Assessment:

Questionnaire: paper
not explicitly reported

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:

Self report on single question:

.. Satisfaction with life as a whole .. (full text not reported)
1 very dissatisfied
2
3
4
5 very satisfied
(labels of response options 2, 3 and 4 not reported)

Classification:

O-SLW-?-sq-v-5-d

Author's label:

life satisfaction

Remarks:

mean score of 289 participants who completed questionnaire on occupation

Page in publication:

6

Observed distribution

Frequencies

1: 0%,   2: 0%,   3: 0%,   4: 0%,   5: 0%

Summary Statistics

On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10

Mean:

3.21

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Income levels Personal income Occupational status Social prestige of occupation
Current socio-economic status
Public employment (vs private sector)
Technician
Public administration
Current status: retired or not Domain satisfactions Satisfaction with leisure
Satisfaction with personal contacts
Satisfaction with health-services
Satisfaction with marriage
Satisfaction with health
Satisfaction with local environment
Satisfaction with multiple domains of life