Abstract This article adopts the sample data of the survey on urban and rural residents' well-being in Zhejiang province, and uses the method of factor analysis to research into the main factors which affect the residents' happiness index and the structural equation model to study the relationships among all factors. Secondly, a 3-scale measuring index system for the residents' happiness index is established, then the residents' single happiness index, impact factors index and overall happiness index are measured as well. Finally, we got the conclusion as follows: global index numbers of the residents' well-being consist of six factors: the healthy living index, the job security, the living environment, the social environment, the life satisfaction and the future intension. Among the six factors, the social environment, the job security and the living environment are the three major weak points.
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Received: 01 December 2008
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Corresponding Authors:
WU Jing
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