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Effects of the Relative Incomes on People s Life Satisfaction in Local City of China:
Case Study of Longquan City
LIN
Xiangwei,
Abstract: Life satisfaction is considered to be one of the most important perspectives of social economic development. Material consumption supported by the increasing of income contributes greatly to the improvement of people s life quality and thereby affects the life satisfaction. However, when we take the element of spiritual prosperity into consideration, life satisfaction will not only depend on absolute income, but the comparison with the others at income. Previously, few researches focused on the life satisfaction issues of developing countries. This paper aims to analyze the consequences at absolute incomes and relative incomes on life satisfaction. We have conducted the questionnaire survey of 1,000 samples at Longquan City in China.The questionnaire results indicate that relative income exerts stronger influence on people s life satisfaction than absolute incomes in the research area. Furthermore, the condition of health care system and leisure activities also affect the life satisfaction directly.
Keywords: Life Satisfaction, Relative Incomes, Probit Model
