Research Article

What Factors Contribute to Higher Travel Happiness? Evidence from Beijing, China

Table 2

Summary of travel happiness modelling methods.

AuthorYearStudy nationMeasurement methodsModelling methodsMeasurement type
CognitiveAffective

Fan et al. [26]2019Minneapolis, USHappy, meaningful, tired, stressful, sad, and painLinear mixed-effect model
Chen et al. [36]2019USTravel Happiness IndexFactor analysis and analytic hierarchy process
Zhu and Fan [11]2018USHappy, meaningful, tired, stressful, sad, and painOLR
Zhu and Fan [33]2018Xi’an, ChinaHappyOLR
Song [37]2018ChinaLife satisfaction and happinessOrdered probit regression
De Vos [34]2018Ghent, BelgiumSTSBasic statistical analysis
Ye and Titheridge [14]2017Xi’an, ChinaSTSSEM
Mao et al. [31]2016Beijing, ChinaTrip satisfactionMultilevel regression modelling
Wu [38]2016ChinaHappinessOLM
De Vos and Witlox [39]2016Ghent, BelgiumSTSBasic statistical analysis
De Vos et al. [29]2016Ghent, BelgiumSTSMLR
Zhou [40]2015Suzhou, ChinaHappy and satisfactionRoute analysis and SEM
Taniguchi et al. [41]2014Värmland, SwedenSTSMLR
Olsson et al. [42]2013SwedenSTSMLR
Abou-Zeid et al. [7]2012SwitzerlandCommute satisfactionBasic statistical analysis
Bergstad et al. [20]2011SwedenSTSMLR

OLR: ordered logistic regression; SEM: structural equation modeling; MLR: multiple linear regression.