Study Layard et al. (2013): study GB 2004
- Public
- 34 aged, United Kingdom, followed from childhood, 2004
- Survey name
- UK-British Cohort Study
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 8868
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Good conduct in childhood
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Data set using imputation for missing variables.
- Operationalization
- Childhood: Sum of mother's replies to 10 questions on aggression, obedience, restlessness and other behavioral characteristics at age 5, 10 and 16.
Observed Relation with Happiness
- Age 5: r=+.10
- Age 10: r=+.13
- Age 16: r=+.17
- Average: r=+.14
When limiting good conduct up to:
- age 5: beta=+.05
- age10: beta=+.06
Indirect effect of childhood conduct:
Simulated:
beta= +.05
Subtraction of total variance in good conduct from childhood conduct:
beta= +.03
Beta controlled for:
- Intellectual performance
- Emotional health
- Family economic
- Family psychosocial
- Female
When limited to good conduct at age 5:
beta= +.04
Beta controlled for:
- Intellectual performance at age 5,10 and 16
- Good conduct at age 10 and 16
- Emotional health at aghe 5,10 and 16
- Social class of father at age 10
- Family income at age 10
- Number of siblings at age 10
- Average employment rate of father at birth, age 5 and 10
- Age when mother left full time education
- Age when father left full time education
- Mother's average mental health at age 5 and 10
- Both parents live in household at age 10
- Gender(female)
When limited to intellectual performance at age 10:
beta= +.036
Beta controlled for:
- Intellectual performance at age 5,10 and 16
- Good conduct at age 5 and 16
- Emotional health at aghe 5,10 and 16
- Social class of father at age 10
- Family income at age 10
- Number of siblings at age 10
- Average employment rate of father at birth, age 5 and 10
- Age when mother left full time education
- Age when father left full time education
- Mother's average mental health at age 5 and 10
- Post-marital conception
- Both parents live in household at age 10
- Gender(female)
When limited to intellectual performance at age 16:
beta= +.062
Beta controlled for:
- Intellectual performance at age 5,10 and 16
- Good conduct at age 5 and 10
- Emotional health at aghe 5,10 and 16
- Social class of father at age 10
- Family income at age 10
- Number of siblings at age 10
- Average employment rate of father at birth, age 5 and 10
- Age when mother left full time education
- Age when father left full time education
- Mother's average mental health at age 5 and 10
- Post-marital conception
- Both natural parents live in household at age 10
- Gender(female)
- Income
- Employed
- Education
- Good conduct at age 16 and 34
- Self-perceived health
- Emotional health at age 26