Subjective well-being in China’s changing society

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  • William A. V. Clark
    Department of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095;
  • Daichun Yi
    Research Institute of Economics and Management, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu 610074, China;
  • Youqin Huang
    Department of Geography and Planning, State University of New York, Albany, NY 12222

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<jats:title>Significance</jats:title> <jats:p>We reevaluate the level of subjective well-being in China with data from the China Household Finance Study. The analysis shows that in contrast to the decline in well-being reported in earlier studies, all groups report increased quality of life in the second decade of the 21st century. The analysis shows that the gap across rural and urban respondents is narrowing. Probit models of the levels of well-being show that social capital, measured as the perceived feelings of safety and security, community participation, and whether society is perceived to be fair, influence reported well-being. Household income, assets, health, being married, and the quality of neighborhood infrastructure, measured by availability of parks, primary schools, and hospitals, contributes positively to subjective well-being.</jats:p>

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