阶层认知对东北地区居民生活幸福感的影响

The Influence of Class Cognition on the Well-being of Residents in Northeast China

物质条件一直被视为影响生活幸福感的主要因素。个人能够获得哪些物质财富以及能获得多少受制于其所在的阶层位置,生活的幸福感则受到其对所在阶层认知的影响。阶层认知作为本研究中的核心因变量,被操作化为主客观阶层差异、阶层代际流动认知、对未来阶层变迁的认知三个维度。本研究基于CGSS2013数据,运用多元回归方法进行检验。研究显示,东北地区高估自身阶层之群体的生活幸福感较高。此外,多方面的数据分析显示,经济发展水平不是衡量东北地区现代化的唯一标准,先赋性因素与获致性因素始终从不同的方面影响着东北人生活幸福感的获得。

Material conditions have always been regarded as the main factor affecting the well-being oflife. The social class determines what and how much material wealth individuals can obtain, and the well-being of life is affected by its cognition of their classes＇ positions. Class cognition is the core dependent variablein this study, and is operated at three dimensions： first, the difference between the subjective class and theobjective class; second, the intergenerational mobility of social class; third, the expectations for the futureclass position. This study was based on CGSS2013 data using multiple regression methods. The study finds thatthe people who overestimate their social class have a higher sense of well-being. In addition, a variety of dataanalysis shows that the level of economic development is not the only standard to measure the modernization ofthe Northeast. Pre-occurring factors and acquiring factors play different roles in the impact of living well-being.