Study Beck (1982): study US 1976
- Public
- 55-69 aged men, USA, 1976.
- Survey name
- US-National Longitudinal Survey of Older Men 1976
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 3348
- Non Response
- 30.5%
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Health change
- Our Classification
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- Distribution
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3: health has improved: 6.5%
1: health has worsened: 27.7% - Operationalization
- Selfreport on single question whether the respondent's health had changed over past three years
3: better
2: no change (reference)
1: worse
(a) health has improved
(b) health has worsened
(c) the same
Observed Relation with Happiness
LRCD controlled for:
- retired
- current health problems
- family income
- working years
- education years
- race
- marital status