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Correlational findings

Study Braithwaite et al. (1986): study AU 1981

Public
60+aged, retired people, Sydney Australia, 1981
Survey name
AU-Australian Aging and Family Project Survey
Sample
Respondents
N = 1050
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Difficulty adjusting
Our Classification
Remarks
Problems encountered upon retirement were ascertained from respondents listings of the worst things about retirement along with the best.
Operationalization
Self-reported on question that whether their adjustment was difficult:
1:not at all
2:somewhat
3:difficult

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-?-sq-v-4-f r = -.21 p < .001