Knight & Gunatilaka (2014): study CN 2002
Publication
- Author(s):
- Knight, J.B.; Gunatilaka, R.
- Title:
- Subjective Well-being and Social Evaluation in a Poor Country.
- Source:
- CSAE Working Paper, 2014, No.9, Oxford, UK
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, China, 2002
- Survey name
- CH-SHP 2002
- Sample
- Probability area sample
- Respondents
- N = 11228
- 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:
- Subejective well-being
- Remarks:
- urban mean: 2,5
rural mean: 2,7 - Page in publication:
- 8
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.67 -
- SD:
- - -
Correlational Findings
Current characteristics of local society