| Variable name | OLS | 2SLS |
| City size | −0.0460 | 1.795** |
| (−1.35) | (1.90) | |
| Square of city scale | 0.00923*** | −0.0775* |
| (3.17) | (−1.74) | |
| Environmental pollution | 0.343 | 2.760* |
| (0.52) | (1.82) | |
| Interaction between urban scale and environmental pollution | −0.291 | −14.75** |
| (−0.85) | (−1.97) | |
| Average wages of employees | 0.0937*** | 0.0455 |
| (6.01) | (1.42) | |
| Gross regional product | −0.00319*** | −0.0432** |
| (−4.12) | (−2.09) | |
| Gender | −0.105*** | −0.0942*** |
| (−5.42) | (−3.71) | |
| Age | −0.0267*** | −0.0305*** |
| (−5.76) | (−4.89) | |
| Age squared | 0.000307*** | 0.000335*** |
| (6.89) | (5.71) | |
| Educational level | 0.0190** | 0.0239** |
| (2.09) | (2.02) | |
| Health condition | 0.173*** | 0.170*** |
| (14.20) | (10.93) | |
| Are you married? | 0.300*** | 0.339*** |
| (9.60) | (7.61) | |
| Are they Party members? | 0.0874*** | 0.0921*** |
| (3.53) | (2.91) | |
| Relative income | −0.187*** | −0.178*** |
| (−19.07) | (−13.42) | |
| Total disposable household income | 0.0660*** | 0.123*** |
| (3.93) | (3.35) | |
| Interpersonal trust | 0.0674*** | 0.0845*** |
| (7.73) | (5.96) | |
| Intercept term | 3.256*** | 3.253*** |
| (20.49) | (16.06) | |
| Adjusted R2 | 0.1573 | - |
| Observation value | 6017 | 6017 |