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Correlational findings

Study Brown & Gray (2014): study AU 2002

Public
16-93 aged general public, Australia, 2002, 2006, 2010
Survey name
AU-HILDA combined waves
Sample
Respondents
N = 27530
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Age
Our Classification
Distribution
7:  6%, 6: 10%, 5: 15%, 4: 20%, 3: 21%, 2: 16%,,  12%
Operationalization
7 Age 75 and above years
6 Age 65-74 years
5 Age 55-64 years
4 Age 45-54 years
3 Age 35-44 years
2 Age 25-34 years
1 less than 25 years (reference)

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-u-sq-n-11-d b-fix = -.12 Age 25-34 years        (vs. less than 25 years) O-SLW-u-sq-n-11-d b-fix = -.16 Age 35-44 years        (vs. less than 25 years) O-SLW-u-sq-n-11-d b-fix = +.01 Age 45-54 years        (vs. less than 25 years) O-SLW-u-sq-n-11-d b-fix = +.19 Age 55-64 years        (vs. less than 25 years) O-SLW-u-sq-n-11-d b-fix = +.24 Age 65-74 years        (vs. less than 25 years) O-SLW-u-sq-n-11-d b-fix = +.08 Age 75 and above years (vs. less than 25 years)

b-fix controled for
- income
- educational attainment
- ln(household size)
- marital status
- employment status
- self-reported health status

Results don't change substantially, if additionally controled for different wealth measures (total wealth, assets,(secured and unsecured) debt.
O-SLW-u-sq-n-11-d =