The purpose of this article is to provide a recent investigation on the determinants of subjective well-being among Chinese adults, with particular emphasis on internal migrants who hold a rural hukou and have settled in cities. Based on a sample of 7846 adults stemming from the 2011 wave of CHNS survey, we estimate different happiness functions using ordered probit regressions. We first confirm the influence of traditional demographic and socioeconomic characteristics (i.e. age, marital status, gender, illness/injury, income, and education). Second, our results emphasize the importance of taking into account regional differences, but also the positive impact of leisure time and social connections. Finally, our results highlight that being a rural-to-urban migrant is significantly associated with a decrease in the probability of reporting good or very good life satisfaction. We show that this relationship seems to be shaped by direct and indirect effects, and we identify the mediating role of regional patterns and social relations.
Subjective well-being in China: direct and indirect effects of rural-to-urban migrant status
Résumé
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The purpose of this article is to provide a recent investigation on the determinants of subjective well-being among Chinese adults, with particular emphasis on internal migrants who hold a rural hukou and have settled in cities. Based on a sample of 7846 adults stemming from the 2011 wave of CHNS survey, we estimate different happiness functions using ordered probit regressions. We first confirm the influence of traditional demographic and socioeconomic characteristics (i.e. age, marital status, gender, illness/injury, income, and education). Second, our results emphasize the importance of taking into account regional differences, but also the positive impact of leisure time and social connections. Finally, our results highlight that being a rural-to-urban migrant is significantly associated with a decrease in the probability of reporting good or very good life satisfaction. We show that this relationship seems to be shaped by direct and indirect effects, and we identify the mediating role of regional patterns and social relations.
Auteur(s)
Céline Bonnefond1
, Fatma Mabrouk
1
CREG -
Centre de recherche en économie de Grenoble
( 1041466 )
- Faculté d'Économie de Grenoble Université Grenoble Alpes CS 40700 38058 Grenoble Cedex 9
- France
Review of Social Economy
(ISSN : 0034-6764, ISSN électronique : 1470-1162)
Publié par Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
Revue non référencée dans Sherpa-Romeo
Vulgarisation
Non
Comité de lecture
Oui
Audience
Internationale
Date de publication
2019-01-22
Volume
77
Numéro
4
Page/Identifiant
442-468
URL éditeur
https://doi.org/10.1080/00346764.2019.1602278
Domaine(s)
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Economies et finances
Céline Bonnefond, Fatma Mabrouk. Subjective well-being in China: direct and indirect effects of rural-to-urban migrant status. Review of Social Economy, 2019, 77 (4), pp.442-468. ⟨10.1080/00346764.2019.1602278⟩. ⟨halshs-02316225⟩