Social Contact Variables and Religious Activity : Blessed Happiness Survey 2016

1. Becky Hsu / Blessed Happiness Survey 2016 Social Contact Variables and Religious Activity: Blessed Happiness Survey 2016 Lived Religion in East Asia Survey Research and the Study of Religion in East Asia Pew Research Center, October 11, 2017 Becky Yang Hsu Department of Sociology, Georgetown University

2. Becky Hsu / Blessed Happiness Survey 2016 Core Message To understand how people in China deal with life, death, the supernatural, and the afterlife, it is necessary to ask questions about behavior, social contact, and family lineage activities.

3. Becky Hsu / Blessed Happiness Survey 2016 Argument • Behavioral questions can tap into what people do to make sense of and organize important parts of their lives. • Filial piety and family lineage activities have traditionally been very important to notions about life, death, the supernatural, and the afterlife in China.

4. Becky Hsu / Blessed Happiness Survey 2016 Backdrop: Happiness in China • Ethnographic project (3 years), team • New questionnaire • Social contact, money, family lineage • Nationally representative survey • n = 2,561 • Completed February 2016 by Horizon

5. Becky Hsu / Blessed Happiness Survey 2016 Social Contact S1. Who did you have dinner with last night? • Family • Romantic partner • Co-worker • Friends • Business partners/clients • Alone S1. 请问您昨天是和谁一起吃的晚饭？ • 家人 • 恋人 • 同事 • 朋友 • 应酬（和工作伙伴/客户等） • 自己一个人

6. Becky Hsu / Blessed Happiness Survey 2016 Social Contact • S5. Who are you living with? • S6. Who did you send the most WeChat messages to in the past 24 hours? • S8. Who did you see in person yesterday? • S9. Who did you have contact with yesterday? • S5.都有谁跟您同住？ • S6.在过去的24小时里，您给谁发微信最多？ • S8.请您回想下昨天，您昨天跟谁见了面？ • S9.请您回忆一下昨天跟谁进行了交流和沟通？

7. Becky Hsu / Blessed Happiness Survey 2016 Money • N4. Who did you give money to last month? “Giving money” means you give someone money as a gift or red envelope, excluding business money transfer or loaning money to someone. • N5. Who did you give money to most recently? • N6. How much money did you give last time? • N4.请您回忆下，您上个月给过谁钱？这里所说的给钱是指赠予、发红包等，不包括商业往来或借钱的情况。 • N5.请您再回忆下，您最近一次给钱是给谁？ • N6.您上次给了多少钱？

8. Becky Hsu / Blessed Happiness Survey 2016 Family Lineage K1. On what occasions did you worship the ancestors in the past year, including burning spirit money, offering food, alcohol, and fruit, burning incense, or pray? • Tomb Sweeping Day • Mid lunar July • Winter Solstice • New Year • Chinese New Year’s Eve • Death anniversaries • First day of a lunar month • Once a month • Dragon Boat Festival • Moon Festival • Double Ninth Festival • Other

9. Becky Hsu / Blessed Happiness Survey 2016 Family Lineage • K6. How many times did you go tomb sweeping last year,including burning spirit money, serving alcohol, food and fruits to the dead, burning incense and prayer? • K7. When you went to visit graves during the last year, did you do so with your family? • K8. When you went tomb sweeping, did you go back to your hometown? • K6. 请回想一下，去年您去上坟了几次？烧纸钱、祭酒饭水果、上香或祷告都算。 • K7. 您去年上坟是和家人一同去的吗？ • K8.您去年上坟是回老家吗？

10. Becky Hsu / Blessed Happiness Survey 2016 Argument (recap) • Behavioral questions can tap into what people do to make sense of and organize important parts of their lives. • Filial piety and family lineage activities have traditionally been very important to notions about life, death, the supernatural, and the afterlife in China.

11. Becky Hsu / Blessed Happiness Survey 2016 Core Message To understand how people in China deal with life, death, the supernatural, and the afterlife, it is necessary to ask questions about behavior, social contact, and family lineage activities.