Study Dykstra & Wagner (2007): study DE 1990
- Public:
- 70-100+ aged, West-Berlin, Germany 1990-1993
- Sample:
- Respondents:
- N = 516
- Non Response:
- 32%
- Assessment:
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Interview: face-to-face
Interviews in 14 sessions that covered mental and physical health, psychological functioning and social and economic situation.
Correlate
- Authors's label
- Loss of children
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- 0: Ever had children, all still alive (reference)
1: Had, and lost, children
1a: Lost children but not all
1b: Lost all children
Observed Relation with Happiness
B's controled for age
B's additionally controled for:
- marital history
- occupational history.
B controled for age
B's additionally controled for:
- marital history
- occupational history.
Loss of children has a negative impact on happiness of older men, but not of happiness of older women.