The blue book "Report on Chinese Female Life 2006" was released by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences recently. The report shows how happy females are in China.

The happiness of Beijing females was ranked at 4.01.The highest score of 4.20 came from Harbin, followed by 4.06 from Shanghai.

Since the end of 2005, the Huakun Women's Investigation Center and Women China magazine jointly undertook the suevey on the quality of life of Chinese women in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Changsha, Chengdu, Nanning, Harbin and Xian, targetting career women between 20 to 70.

The survey took into account their work, psychological, physical and living conditions, social responsibilities and lives, marital satisfaction, sense of happiness and elements for a high-quality life.

A total of 45.6 percent of the females feel happy about their marriages, 69.1 percent are optimistic for the future, 77.3 percent have the final say in family purchases, 99.65 percent worry about food safety and 92.8 percent have work pressures.

(CRI September 1, 2006)