A Happiness Index and Determinants of Happiness S

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1、AHappinessIndexandDeterminantsofHappinessStudyProfLokSangHoCentreforPublicPolicyStudiesInstituteofHumanitiesandSocialSciencesLingnanUniversity1.HowHappyAreHongKongPeopleQuestion:Overall,Howhappyareyou?0indicatesveryunhappy100indicatesveryhappyResultsPrimaryEducationorbel

2、owSecondaryEducationPost-secondaryEducationTotal21-29--67.866.967.430-5972.970.773.871.960orabove74.673.985.076.7Total73.870.372.471.4HappinessIndexbyEducationandAgeGroupsQuestion:Areyouhappieroverthelast10years?0------------------------50-----------------100(HappinessD

3、ecreasedalot)(Nochange)(Increasedalot)DeterminantsofHappinessIndependentVariablesCoefficientSignificantlevelYoungAge-2.280.2273Oldage4.010.1006*Female1.900.1488PoorHealth-8.730.0009***PoorHealthXSpiritualPractice10.800.0403**GoodHealth4.110.0019***SpiritualPractice(Yes)5

4、.490.0009***Married4.650.0032***PrimaryEducation1.140.6180TertiaryEducation3.220.0398**NoIncome1.970.2744LowIncome1.650.3279HighIncome0.570.8048DependentVariable:HappinessIndex*=10%Sig.**=5%Sig.and***=1%Sig.3.DeterminantsofHappinessIndependentVariablesCoefficientSignific

5、antlevelImportanceofMoney-0.18720.569ImportanceofFinancialStability-0.43840.234ImportanceofMarriage1.18240.000***ImportanceofHavingChildren1.28790.000***ImportanceofHarmoniousFamilyRelations2.03140.000***ImportanceofFriends0.85510.015**SpiritualPractice(Yes)6.02780.000**

6、*DependentVariable:HappinessIndex*=10%Sig.**=5%Sig.and***=1%Sig.4.EvaluationofGovernmentProvidedServices:HealthCareServicesandEducationMean:6.43FormalDemocracycf.CivicLiberties