中国西部居民主观幸福感的结构与特征——基于西部12省调查数据的分析

The Structure and Characteristics of Subjective Well-Being of Residents in West China——Based on the Survey Data from 12 Provinces in West China

探讨西部地区经济增长、社会转型与居民主观幸福感之间的关系;基于2010年的西部综合调查数据,按照从微观到宏观、从个体到社会的依次推进的逻辑,提出了4个理论模型分析和解释西部居民主观幸福感的结构与特征;实证结果表明:西部居民与东部相比,幸福感总体不高,身心健康模型对西部居民幸福感最具解释力,身份特征模型表明女性、老人和已婚者幸福感相对较高,而地位差异依然是影响西部居民幸福感的重要变量,社会融合是从更高层次上影响西部居民幸福感的重要维度。

This paper focuses on the effect that economic growth and social transformation have on the subjective well-being of residents in West China. Following the gradually advanced logic,we established 4 theoretical models which covered macro micro view as well as both subjective and objective perspectives. The empirical results demonstrate that residents in West China have a comparatively lower level of happiness compared with the residents in East China. And the mental-and-physical health model is the most convincing one among the four models,which reveals that women,the aged and the married are happier. Differences in social status still influence the well-being level of western residents strongly. Social integration,in addition,is an important dimensionality that affects their subjective well-being at a higher level.