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Correlational findings

Study Shu & Zhu (2009): study CN 2006

Public
20-69 aged, general public, China, 2006
Sample
Respondents
N = 2000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Public life sphere
Our Classification
Distribution
a:           M= 0.12,  31.3% satisfied,  21.6% dissatisfied
b:           M=-0.06,  25.3% satisfied,  29.5% dissatisfied
c:           M=-0.18,  18.1% satisfied,  29.5% dissatisfied
d:           M=-0.49,  13.6% satisfied,  48.8% dissatisfied

Average        M=-0.15
Operationalization
Self report on four questions: How satisfied are you with ...
a the condition of the environment
b public safety
c the democratic system
d social welfare system
Rated:
-2 very dissatisfied
-1 somewhat dissatisfied
0 neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
+1 somewhat satisfied
+2 very satisfied

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-c-sq-v-5-m OR = 0.96 ns M-FH-c-sq-v-4-b OR = 1.05 ns C-W-u-sq-v-4-c OR = 1.01 ns M-ACO-*-mq-v-7-a b = +.05 p < .05 OR and B controled for
- gender
- age cohort
- educational attainment
- marital status
- household income
- unemployed
- rural residency
- value priorities
- lifestyle