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
- Duration of urban residence in years
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Only rural-urban migrants Measure not reported
- Distribution
- M=7.51; M squared= 84.83
- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Duration of URBAN residence in years
Observed Relation with Happiness
b's controlled for:
- basic variables:
- gender
- marital status
- health
- conventional economic variables
- log of p.c. household income
- net wealth
- working hours (100's per year)
- comparison variables
- expected income change over next 5 years
- log of average p.c. urban income in city
- harshness of life variables
- living with family members
- number of family members/friends in city
- child still in village
- no heating
b's not significantly affected by additional control for:
- job satisfaction
- discrimination index
- easiness/difficulty of finding a job