Study Palmore et al. (1979): study US Durham, North Carolina 1968
- Public
- 45-70 aged Durham, USA, followed 6 years 1968-1976
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 375
- Non Response
- 25.3%
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Physician examination T1: 1968/70 T2: 1970/72 T3: 1972/74 T4: 1974/76
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Spouse's retirement
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- T1: 1968; T4: 1976
- Distribution
- N= yes: 78, no: 170
- Operationalization
- Retirement of spouce between T1-T4
1 yes
0 no
Observed Relation with Happiness
b further controled for other life-events in that period
- own retirement
- own medical problems
- spouse died
- last child left home