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Wong, Ka-Ying; Wan, Po-San – Social Indicators Research, 2009
This article makes use of survey data collected in 1992 and 2007 to examine the question of whether or not Postmaterialism is gradually becoming manifest in Hong Kong and to explore the applicability of Postmaterialist theory to this affluent Chinese society. Our findings basically support the hypotheses of the theory that the continued…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Surveys, Social Indicators, Social Environment
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Cheung, Chau-kiu; Leung, Kwan-kwok – Social Indicators Research, 2008
Proponents of social equality attribute low life satisfaction to income inequality in society, an inequality which occurs when most people have relatively low income and only a few have high income. In contrast, range-frequency theory and other social comparison theories predict that when most people have low income, they are satisfied because of…
Descriptors: Low Income, Life Satisfaction, Prediction, Foreign Countries