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Table 3 Three basic social factors and subjective well-being, N = 9102

From: Economic growth and subjective well-being: analyzing the formative mechanism of Easterlin Paradox

Variable

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Model4

Model5

Micro-level variables

 Intercept

4.025***

3.851***

4.003***

3.634***

3.470***

 Education

.020***

.028***

.019***

.019***

.028***

 Income (log)

.018***

.029***

.018***

.018***

.029***

 High quality entertainment

.023+

.023+

.019

.023+

.010

 Expenditure on entertainment (log)

.023***

.024***

.031***

.023***

.026***

Social inequality variables

 Gini coefficient

− .100

− .099

−.092

− .041

− .070

Macro-level variables

 GDP per capita

.018+

.058**

.009+

.083**

.134***

Interaction terms

     

 Education* GDP per capita

 

− .003*

  

− .003*

 Income* GDP per capita

 

− .003*

  

− .003*

 High entertainment* GDP per capita

 

.001

 

.000

 Exp. on cultural entertainment* GDP per capita

  

.002

 

.001

 Gini coefficient* GDP per capita

   

− .184**

− .190**

Control variables

 Sex

.094***

.097***

.094***

.094***

.097***

 Age

− .039***

− .039***

− .039***

− .039***

− .039***

 Age squared/100

.001***

.001***

.001***

.001***

.000***

 Marital status

.264***

.262***

.264***

.264***

.262***

 Religious belief

.024

.025

.024

.025

.025

 Ethnicity

− .068+

− 0.070+

− .067+

− .066+

− .070+

 Party membership

.122***

.125***

.121***

.121***

.124***

 Hukou status

− .066*

− .072*

− .068*

− .067*

− .073*

  1. Notes: +p < 0.1, *p < −.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001