Study Wingen et al. (2012): study NL 1998
- Public:
- 20+ aged, The Netherlands, 1998-2009
- Survey name:
- NL-POLS 1997-2009
- Sample:
- Respondents:
- N = 240000
- Non Response:
- Assessment:
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's label
- Change in marital status
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Change in marital status 1998-2009
as registered in civil registration
a: going to be/got married
b: going to be/got divorced
c: going to be/got widowed
Observed Relation with Happiness
b+c: Getting widowed or divorce is preceeded by a sharp drop in happiness, followed by a recovery which does not reach pre-event level.
Cross sectional survey data on happiness linked to registration data on mutations in marital status.