Study VanSluijs (2004): study NL 1987

Public

Young adults, followed from age 18 to 30, The Netherlands, 1987-1999

Sample

Respondents

N = 836

Non Response

36,6% (baseline)

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face
Face to face interviews, questionnaires, telephone interviews (1999)

Correlate

Authors's Label

Got married to first partner

Our Classification

Remarks

Marital status assessed at: T1: 1987 when aged 18 to 26 T2: 1989 when aged 20 to 28 T3: 1991 when aged 22 to 30 T4: 1995 when aged 26 to 34 T5: 1999 when aged 30 to 34

Distribution

N for who this transition took place between different periods
< T1= 412, T1-T3=297, T3-T4=127, T3-T5 or T4-T5=74, Total=910

Operationalization

Change in marital status: got married (or started living together)

Observed Relation with Happiness