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Social Quality and Happiness—An Analysis of the Survey Data from Three Chinese Cities

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  • Ka Lin

    (Zhejiang University)

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Over the last two decades, the focus of happiness research has shifted from the measurement of life quality with an emphasis on material well-being to subjective well-being. This article follows this direction of development, but moves further into social well-being. Utilizing the method of social quality analysis, this study developed an analysis of happiness by looking into the influence of social factors on happiness. The study was established on the basis of empirical data collected from a social quality survey done in Hangzhou, Xiamen, and Shenzhen during 2011–2012. The purpose of this study is to expose the relationships between social quality analysis and happiness studies. The study demonstrates a strong correlation of social quality factors with happiness, although each set of these factors has a different impact on happiness in different factor domains.

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  • Ka Lin, 2016. "Social Quality and Happiness—An Analysis of the Survey Data from Three Chinese Cities," Applied Research in Quality of Life, Springer;International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, vol. 11(1), pages 23-40, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ariqol:v:11:y:2016:i:1:d:10.1007_s11482-014-9352-0
    DOI: 10.1007/s11482-014-9352-0
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