Economic development, social integration, and the subjective well-being of residents in the western regions of China: based on the perspective of multi-ethnic China

International Journal of Anthropology and Ethnology

Table 1 The Classification of Ethnic Groups in Western China

Classification	Religion/Language	Ethnic Groups Studied²
Manchu, Mongolian and other ethnic groups	the Altai language family	Manchu, Mongolian, Tu, and Daur
Hui, Uygur and other ethnic groups	Islam	Hui, Uygur, Kazakh, Kirgiz, and Dongxiang
the Zhuang, Dong, Miao and Yao and other ethnic groups	Zhuang-Dong or Miao-Yao language branch	Zhuang, Dong, Buyi, Dai, Shui, Li, Gelao, Mulao, Miao, Yao, and Jing
the Tibetan, Yi and other ethnic groups	Tibetan-Burmese language branch	Tibetan, Yi, Tujia, Qiang, Bai, Hani, Lahu, and Naxi

Note: The total effective sample size is N = 10,098
²We selected samples by using the stratified random sampling method. We entrusted one university in each of 12 provinces, municipalities directly under the central government, and autonomous regions in the western regions to complete a sample survey, and randomly selected 800–1000 samples from these 12 universities. The final data is the sum of these samples. As the samples of these 28 ethnic minorities were randomly selected, no samples were included from any other ethnic minorities.