Table 1 Descriptive statistics
From: Economic growth and subjective well-being: analyzing the formative mechanism of Easterlin Paradox
Variable | Mean | Std. Deviation | Coding |
|---|---|---|---|
Subjective well-being | 3.78 | 0.88 | Min = 1, max = 5 |
Socioeconomic status | |||
 Educational attainment | 8.39 | 4.84 | Min = 1, max = 19 |
 Log of income | 8.35 | 2.97 | Min = 0, max = 14.85 |
 High quality of entertainment | 3.43 | 1.73 | Min = 2, max = 10 |
 Log of expenditure on cultural entertainment | 1.9 | 1.56 | Min = 0, max = 11.51 |
 Gini coefficient | 0.43 | 0.84 | Min = 0.25, max = 0.76 |
 County GDP per capita | 3.66 | 2.3 | Min = 1, max = 5 |
 Sex | 0.49 | 0.5 | Female = 0, male = 1 |
 Age | 47.76 | 15.68 | Min = 19, max = 98 |
 Squared age/100 | 27 | 15.68 | Min = 4, max = 92.16 |
 Marital status | 0.86 | 0.35 | Single = 0, married = 1 |
 Religious belief | 0.13 | 0.33 | Not religious = 0, religious = 1 |
 Ethnicity | 0.91 | 0.29 | Ethnic minority = 1, Han ethnic = 1 |
 Party membership | 0.13 | 0.34 | Not party member = 0, party member = 1 |
 Hukou status | 0.47 | 0.5 | Rural = 0, urban = 1 |