TY - JOUR
T1 - Subjective Wellbeing of Chinese People
T2 - A Multifaceted View
AU - Bian, Yanjie
AU - Zhang, Lei
AU - Yang, Jianke
AU - Guo, Xiaoxian
AU - Lei, Ming
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.
PY - 2015/3
Y1 - 2015/3
N2 - This paper reports the most recent subjective wellbeing (SWB) assessments by the respondents of the China Survey of Social Change. Of the total 10,927 respondents, 44.2 % are “always happy” and others vary from “sometimes happy” to “not happy at all”. To explain variation in SWB, the authors offer a multifaceted view taking into account the roles that personal health, demographic attributes, socioeconomic statuses, and the networks and relationships of social integration play in SWB. It is found that SWB assessments are higher for women and older persons than for men and younger persons, respectively, and they increase with improved physical and mental health, more educational and financial resources, greater social participation, wider social networks, and greater trust in others and institutions. Economic development, ethnic cultures, and religious beliefs are important factors of SWB assessments.
AB - This paper reports the most recent subjective wellbeing (SWB) assessments by the respondents of the China Survey of Social Change. Of the total 10,927 respondents, 44.2 % are “always happy” and others vary from “sometimes happy” to “not happy at all”. To explain variation in SWB, the authors offer a multifaceted view taking into account the roles that personal health, demographic attributes, socioeconomic statuses, and the networks and relationships of social integration play in SWB. It is found that SWB assessments are higher for women and older persons than for men and younger persons, respectively, and they increase with improved physical and mental health, more educational and financial resources, greater social participation, wider social networks, and greater trust in others and institutions. Economic development, ethnic cultures, and religious beliefs are important factors of SWB assessments.
KW - China
KW - Happiness
KW - Subjective wellbeing
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U2 - 10.1007/s11205-014-0626-6
DO - 10.1007/s11205-014-0626-6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84924975519
SN - 0303-8300
VL - 121
SP - 75
EP - 92
JO - Social Indicators Research
JF - Social Indicators Research
IS - 1
ER -
