Air pollution and well-being in China

The data were collected and reorganised from NERI index of marketization of China's Provinces Report (2004-2013), Global Annual PM2.5 Grids from MODIS, MISR and SeaWiFS Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) with GWR (1998 – 2016), China Statistical Yearbook (2004-2014), Procuratorial Yearbook of China (2004-2013). The data include the indicators of well-being, PM10, SO2, proportion of days with air quality reaching or exceeding level two, carbon emission intensity, degree of marketization, GDP per capita, urbanization, arrestment rate, prosecution rate, unemployment rate, eduction input, belong to municipalities, belong to central region, belong to western region, and belong to minority region. The year range for the data is from 2003 to 2013. It covers Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Shandong, Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Tibet, Chongqing, Hubei, Anhui, Jiangsu, Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, and Guangxi.