Study Liu et al. (2015a): study GB 1996
- Public
- Female, aged 50-69, United Kingdom, 1996-2001
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 1300000
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
At recruitment, and every 3-5 years subsequently women were posted a quaestionnaire asking about sociodemographic factors, lifestyle and health.
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Mortally ill
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Direction recoded by WDH-team (+ for correlation with survival) Analyses are limited to 719671 women without cancer, heart disease, stroke, chronic obstructive disease at baseline.
- Operationalization
- 1 Not mortally ill
2 Mortally ill (died within 3 years after baseline)
Observed Relation with Happiness
Died Alive Diff.
Unhappy(%) 19,2 16,8 -2,4
Usually happy (%) 43,5 43,9 +0,4
Happy most of the time(%)37,3 39,3 +2,0
Women reporting poor/fair health at baseline:
Died Did not die
Unhappy(%) 33,2 43,5
Usually happy (%) 42,2 41,9
Happy most of the time(%)24,3 23,3
Women reporting good/excellent health at baseline:
Died Did not die
Unhappy(%) 12,5 12,5
Usually happy (%) 44,1 44,4
Happy most of the time(%)43,4 43,1
Unhappy (vs. happy most of the time):
OR=1.29 CI95[1.25-1.33]
Usually happy (vs. happy most of the time):
OR=1.05 CI95[1.03-1.08]
Women w. poor/fair health at baseline:
Unhappy (vs. happy most of the time):
OR=0.99 CI99[0.94-1.04]
Usually happy (vs. happy most of the time):
OR=0.97 CI95[0.92-1.02]
Women w. good/excellent health at baseline:
Unhappy (vs. happy most of the time):
OR=1.06 CI95[1.02-1.11]
Usually happy (vs. happy most of the time):
OR=1.00 CI95[0.97-1.03]
OR's controlled for age. When additionally controlling for health and/or other factors the effect largely disappears and OR is close to 1.