Study Dykstra & Liefbroer (1998): study NL 1992

Public

55-89 aged, The Netherlands, 1992

Sample

Respondents

N = 3729

Non Response

38,3

Assessment

Interview: Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI)

Correlate

Authors's Label

loss of children

Our Classification

Remarks

Respondents who never had children excluded (males 11,6%, females 15,9%)

Distribution

1a: males 13,6%, females 13,3%
1b: males   0,9%, females   1,3%
0:   males 73,8%, females 69,4%

Related specification variables

Operationalization

1: Had children: lost a child
   a: lost one but not all
   b: lost all children
0: Has children, all still alive (ref.)

Observed Relation with Happiness