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Correlational findings

Study Knight & Gunatilaka (2009): study CN 2003

Public
Adult general public, rural areas, China, 2003
Survey name
CN-National Household Survey China
Sample
Respondents
N = 9500
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Net financial assets (1000 Yuan)
Our Classification
Distribution
M = 5.52
Operationalization
Not reported

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-g-sq-v-5-e b = +.00 p < .05 b (+0.001798) controlled for:
- income
- age
- gender
- marital status
- ethnic minority dummy
- education
- working hours
- self-reported health status
O-HL-g-sq-v-5-e b = +.00 p < .05 b (+0.001576) additionally controlled for:
- minimum income needed
O-HL-g-sq-v-5-e b = +.00 p < .10 b (+0.001384) additionally controlled for:
- lived outside township
- expect big (small) income increase
- agreement that money is important
- Household income much above village average
- Household income above village average
- Household income below village average
- Household income much below village average
- Living standards better than 5 years ago
- Living standards worse than 5 years ago