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Correlational findings

Study Stull (1988): study US 1975

Public
58-63 aged married, followed 2 years, USA, 1975-1979
Survey name
US-CPS multiple waves
Sample
Respondents
N = 300
Non Response
50.9%
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
T1: pre-retirment in 1975 or 1977 T2: post-retirement in 1977 or 1999

Correlate

Authors's Label
R square
Our Classification
Remarks
T1: pre-retirment in 1975 or 1977 T2: post-retirement in 1977 or 1999
Operationalization
T1 pre-retirement
- Husbands occupation
- wives employment
- own health
- household income
- spouse health
- spouse happiness
- joint leisure activities
- contacts with relatives

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa Ra² = T1 happiness (pre-retirement)
- Husbands  .13
- Wives     .07
O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa Ra² = T2 happiness (post-retirement)
- Husbands   .20
- Wives      .14
O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa Ra² = T1-T2 CHANGE of happiness by T1 happiness
- Husbands = .32
- Wives = .15

modle additionally controled for T1 happiness