From: Surveying happiness in China: comparing measures of subjective well-being
National sample | ||||
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Happiness xingfu | Very/Quite happy | Neither | Not happy | Very unhappy |
WVS 1995 | 23 | 61 | 14 | 2 |
AB 2006 | 19 | 40 | 34 | 7 |
SL 2007 | 33 | 47 | 16 | 4 |
CGSS 2012 | 16 | 58 | 17 | 10 |
BH 2016 | 16 | 69 | 13 | 2 |
Happy yukuai | Very happy | Rather happy | Not too happy | Not at all happy |
WVS 2007 | 21 | 55 | 19 | 4 |
WVS 2012 | 16 | 69 | 13 | 1 |
Satisfied manyi | Very satisfied | Somewhat satisfied | Somewhat dissatisfied | Very dissatisfied |
WVS 1990 | 30 | 52 | 15 | 3 |
WVS 1995 | 28 | 45 | 21 | 7 |
WVS 2001 | 23 | 45 | 24 | 8 |
WVS 2007 | 24 | 50 | 19 | 8 |
WVS 2012 | 18 | 57 | 21 | 3 |
Happy kuaile | Strongly agree/Agree | Neutral | Disagree | Strongly disagree |
CHNS 2010 | 39 | 29 | 30 | 2 |
BH 2016 | 18 | 72 | 10 | 0 |
Good life haoshenghuo | Very good | Good | Not so good | Very bad |
BH 2016 | 16 | 66 | 17 | 1 |
Enjoying life xiangshou shenghuo | Often | Sometimes | Rarely | Never |
AB 2006 | 23 | 52 | 22 | 4 |
Meaning yiyi | Very meaningful | Meaningful | Not so meaningful | Meaningless |
BH 2016 | 24 | 68 | 7 | 0 |
Urban-only sample | ||||
Ladder of life shenghuo de jieti | highest 10, 9, 8 | 7, 6, 5 | 4, 3 | lowest 2, 1, 0 |
Pew 2002 | 13 | 62 | 16 | 9 |
Pew 2005 | 14 | 61 | 17 | 8 |
Pew 2007 | 17 | 66 | 13 | 4 |
Pew 2010 | 13 | 73 | 14 | 1 |