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dc.contributorDepartment of Applied Social Sciencesen_US
dc.creatorChen, Jen_US
dc.creatorDavis, DSen_US
dc.creatorWu, Ken_US
dc.creatorDai, Hen_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-13T08:26:29Z-
dc.date.available2015-10-13T08:26:29Z-
dc.identifier.issn0264-2751en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10397/21299-
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPergamon Pressen_US
dc.rights© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.en_US
dc.rights© 2015 This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en_US
dc.rightsNOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Cities. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. The definitive version Chen, J., Davis, D. S., Wu, K., & Dai, H. (2015). Life satisfaction in urbanizing China: The effect of city size and pathways to urban residency. Cities, 49, 88-97 is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2015.07.011en_US
dc.subjectChinaen_US
dc.subjectCity sizeen_US
dc.subjectLife satisfactionen_US
dc.subjectMigrationen_US
dc.subjectSubjective well-beingen_US
dc.subjectUrbanizationen_US
dc.titleLife satisfaction in urbanizing China : the effect of city size and pathways to urban residencyen_US
dc.typeJournal/Magazine Articleen_US
dc.identifier.spage88en_US
dc.identifier.epage97en_US
dc.identifier.volume49en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.cities.2015.07.011en_US
dcterms.abstractAlthough Durkheim, Simmel, and other early social theorists posited causal links between urban life and individual despair or distrust, most contemporary analyses of subjective well-being attribute variations primarily to individual characteristics. However, China's recent warp-speed urbanization requires a more dynamic and multi-level analysis that simultaneously models individual and geographic attributes. Using a representative survey conducted in 2011 of adults living in urban China, we find that, while age, marital status, and household wealth have an impact on life satisfaction, the characteristics of the surrounding county or city district, the size of the city, as well as the route by which an individual became an urban resident, often have an independent impact. Our results indicate that after controlling for individual socio-demographic characteristics, health status, and household wealth, the new urbanites (rural-to-urban migrants and in situ urbanized rural residents) who settle in cities with urban populations between 200,000 and 500,000 are more satisfied with their lives than those who settle in either larger or smaller cities. We argue that in China, where urban centers vary greatly in size, research on individual life satisfaction should factor in the characteristics of the urban location and the means by which individuals become urban residents. Our work suggests a new research and policy direction for small cities undergoing urbanization and their future trends.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsopen accessen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationCities, Dec 2015, v. 49, p. 88-97en_US
dcterms.isPartOfCitiesen_US
dcterms.issued2015-12-
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84939132764-
dc.identifier.eissn1873-6084en_US
dc.identifier.rosgroupid2015000106-
dc.description.ros2015-2016 > Academic research: refereed > Publication in refereed journalen_US
dc.description.oaAccepted Manuscripten_US
dc.identifier.FolderNumbera0019-n01en_US
dc.description.pubStatusPublisheden_US
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