An exploratory study on the happiness of the elderly. by Koh, Wee Ling., Nursaleha Razelan., Tay, Jacelyn Hui Ying.

“…Comparison with the U.S. GSS (General Social Survey) data strengthens these findings.…”
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The impact of mass shootings on attitudes toward gun restrictions by Frey, A, Kirk, D

“…The authors leverage the occurrence of several mass shootings during multiple survey waves of the General Social Survey between 1987 and 2018 to examine whether exposure to a mass shooting sways public opinion on gun legislation. …”

Beauty, body size and wages: Evidence from a unique data set by Oreffice, S, Quintana-Domeque, C

“…We analyze how attractiveness rated at the start of the interview in the German General Social Survey is related to weight, height, and body mass index (BMI), separately by gender and accounting for interviewers' characteristics or fixed effects. …”

Socioeconomic status and housework: cultural differences in participation in routine housework in Japan, Canada, and the US by Kolpashnikova, K, Chiba, R, Shirakawa, K

“…We analyze time-use diaries from the American Time Use Survey for the period from 2003 to 2016, 1986-2010 Canadian General Social Survey, and the 2006 Japan Survey on Time Use and Leisure Activities (社会生活基本調査). …”

Trends and disparities in subjective upward mobility since 1940 by Berger, T, Engzell, P

“…The fact that fewer Americans today surpass their parents’ economic status than in the past has been invoked to explain trends ranging from the recent spike in drug and alcohol poisonings to the growing appeal of right-wing populism. Using General Social Survey data, the authors ask whether people actually feel that their standard of living is falling short of that of previous generations. …”

Frustrated achievers or satisfied losers? Inter- and intragenerational social mobility and happiness in China by Zang, E, De Graaf, N

“…The present analysis investigates the association of both inter- and intragenerational rank mobility with happiness in China using data from the General Social Survey’s 2003, 2006, and 2008 waves. We examine two general mechanisms, social adaptation and social comparison, by statistically decomposing the independent contributions of social origin, social destination, and mobility. …”

Hebdomadal patterns of compensatory behaviour: weekday and weekend housework participation in Canada, 1986-2010 by Kolpashnikova, K, Kan, M

“…Employing five time-use waves of the Canadian General Social Survey, our study shows that the hebdomadal compensatory behaviour applies both to women and men. …”

The association between socioeconomic status perception and mental health among Chinese older adults: the mediating roles of social trust and justice by Ran, X, Zhang, X, Gong, W, Chen, G

“…This study aimed to explore the association between the socioeconomic status (SES) perception and mental health of older adults using data from 2017 Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS). Methods: Ordinary least squares (OLS) regression was used to analyse the association between SES perception and mental health, and the substitution model and variable methods were used to check the robustness of the results. …”

Robust ranking of happiness outcomes: a median regression perspective by Chen, Le-Yu, Oparina, Ekaterina, Powdthavee, Nattavudh, Srisuma, Sorawoot

“…We apply it to estimate a happiness equation using General Social Survey data of the US.…”
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“A little is better than zero” or “pay enough or don’t pay at all”? evidence on the size of pay-for-performance across the sectors by Chen, Chung-An

“…Using the U.S. General Social Survey (GSS) data, the present study finds evidence that the two views actually complement each other: Small payments can improve employees’ work effort (e.g., working hours), but can also potentially compromise their work attitudes (e.g., job satisfaction). …”
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Subjective socioeconomic status predicts self-rated health irrespective of objective family socioeconomic background by Präg, P

“…</p> <p><strong>Methods:</strong> I pool eight waves of nationally representative survey data from Germany (German General Social Survey, 2004–18, N=13,557) to assess the association between two separate subjective appraisals of SES (a 10-point scale and subjectively chosen social class membership) and poor self-rated health using logit and linear probability models. …”

Subjective well-being in China: The role of relative income, gender and location by Asadullah, M.N., Xiao, S.

“…We use data from two rounds of Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) to study the determinants of subjective well-being in China over the period 2005-2010 during which self-reported happiness scores show an increase across all income groups. …”
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Childhood emotional abuse and adult mental health at the intersection of social relationship and education by Jung, Jong Hyun, Soo, Joy Shi Hui

“…Method: The current study analyzes data from the 2012 Korean General Social Survey, a nationally representative sampling of Korean adults. …”
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Marriage and fertility in China and Japan by Chen, M

“…</p> <p>I use data from the Chinese General Social Survey, the Japanese Social Stratification and Mobility Survey, the East Asia Social Survey, and the Panel Study of Family Dynamics to address the following questions: 1) How do son preference, co-residence with parents and education affect women’s second births in China? …”

Subjective well-being in China, 2005–2010: The role of relative income, gender, and location by Asadullah, M. Niaz, Xiao, Saizi, Yeoh, Emile Kok Kheng

“…We use data from two rounds of the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) to study the determinants of subjective well-being in China over the period 2005–2010 during which self-reported happiness scores show an increase across all income groups. …”

Social capital and microfinance by Karlan, Dean S

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Human agency and instrumental rationality: applying human capital to gender inequalities and intergenerational stratification by Luo, H

“…Leveraging data from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) and the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS), it addresses three key questions: First, is there a human capital transfer between spouses, and what are the implications for inequalities and stratification? …”

The impact of the exercise on the social mentality of the Chinese people by Ji, Shuyu, Zhang, Kaiqi, Xu, Ludan, Wang, Xiaolin, Dong, Delong, Yang, Xiannan

“…Method Data for this study was sourced from the 2023 China General Social Survey. We selected 20 variables and analyzed a sample of 6,746 individuals. …”
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Internet use and the duration of buying and selling in the residential housing market, economic incentives and voting by D'Urso, Victoria Tanusheva, 1975-

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The (conditional) resource dilution model: state- and community-level modifications by Workman, J, Gibbs, B, Downey, D

“…We revisit the General Social Surveys (1972-2010) and find support for a CRD approach—the relationship between sibship size and educational attainment has declined during the first half of the 20th Century and this relationship varies across religious groups. …”