摘要
In order to respond to the ongoing debate over the Chinese people＇s sense of happiness and to assess the effects of macro-economic and policy changes on the life of ordinary people over the past decade, this study employs data from the Chinese General Social Survey （CGSS） to analyze the development and trends in the happiness （or subjective well-being） of the Chinese people over this period. Based on 5 time points and 44,166 samples, the study finds that the Chinese people＇s sense of happiness has risen steadily over the past decade, and that groups with different political affiliations, household registration, age, income, marital status and ethnicity have all witnessed, to varying degrees, a growing sense of happiness. Economic growth may be the crucial driving force here; if the economy contracts, people＇s sense of happiness may also fall. To maintain the coordinated development of the economy and society, more numerous and more detailed follow-up research on happiness needs to be conducted.
为回应有关中国国民幸福感的争论,并评估过去10年宏观经济和政策变化对普通人生活的影响,本文利用中国综合社会调查数据(CGSS),分析了近10年国民幸福感的变化趋势。研究基于5个时点、44,166个样本,发现中国国民幸福感在过去10年内一直处于上升趋势,不同政治身份、户口类型、年龄、收入、婚姻状况、民族等群体的幸福感在过去10年都有不同程度的提高。经济增长可能是幸福感提升的动力;如果经济收缩,那么幸福感也可能随之下降。要确保经济社会协调发展,尚需对幸福感进行更多、更细致的追踪和研究。
