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Correlational findings

Study Knight & Gunatilaka (2011): study CN 2002

Public
Adults, China, 2002
Survey name
CN-CHIP 2002
Sample
Respondents
N = 8872
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Gini of household income p.c. at county level
Our Classification
Remarks
Details and source not reported
Distribution
M=0.28
Operationalization
Gini coefficient of household income p.c. at county level

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-c-sq-v-5-ae b = +.73 p < .01 b's controlled for:
- basic variables:
  - gender
  - age and age squared
  - marital status
  - health
- conventional economic variables
  - log of p.c. household income
  - net wealth
  - working hours
- comparison variables
  - household income compared to village mean
  - expected income over next 5 years
  - living standards compared to 5 years ago
- attitudinal variables
  - degree of harmony among lineages
  - degree of harmony in village
  - agree that money is important
  - importance of family
  - importance of friends