jimmyjude
02-07-2006, 02:49 AM
A recent poll in China claims that 72.7 percent of Chinese said they are happy, while 73.7 percent said they are optimistic about their future life.
Those who said they were unhappy believe the main reason for their unhappiness was poverty.
These are results of a survey conducted in 2005 on households from 8 large and medium sized cities, 7 towns and 8 rural areas, according to a social blue book published by Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
The survey also shows that a sense of happiness has decreased a bit compared with the 77 percent in 2004. The unhappiness ratio has increased to 10.9 percent from 8.8 percent in 2004. If one uses 5 as the highest scores, the happiness score in 2005 was 3.72, a bit of decrease from the previous year's 3.79. The town people are happier than rural and city people with scores of 3.77, 3.72 and 3.68 respectively.
Another interesting result is that among those whose monthly income is less than 800 yuan or 100 US dollars and annual income less than 3000 yuan in town and rural areas, their happiness ratios are 56.4 percent and 67 percent respectively, despite low income.
But among those who live in towns and monthly income reached more than 5000 yuan and those who live in rural areas, and annual income reached 5000 to 10 thousand yuan,6.4 percent and 13 percent of them feel they are unhappy, despite relatively high income.
Those who said they were unhappy believe the main reason for their unhappiness was poverty.
These are results of a survey conducted in 2005 on households from 8 large and medium sized cities, 7 towns and 8 rural areas, according to a social blue book published by Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
The survey also shows that a sense of happiness has decreased a bit compared with the 77 percent in 2004. The unhappiness ratio has increased to 10.9 percent from 8.8 percent in 2004. If one uses 5 as the highest scores, the happiness score in 2005 was 3.72, a bit of decrease from the previous year's 3.79. The town people are happier than rural and city people with scores of 3.77, 3.72 and 3.68 respectively.
Another interesting result is that among those whose monthly income is less than 800 yuan or 100 US dollars and annual income less than 3000 yuan in town and rural areas, their happiness ratios are 56.4 percent and 67 percent respectively, despite low income.
But among those who live in towns and monthly income reached more than 5000 yuan and those who live in rural areas, and annual income reached 5000 to 10 thousand yuan,6.4 percent and 13 percent of them feel they are unhappy, despite relatively high income.