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Correlational findings

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
Distribution
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

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-c-sq-v-4-j LRCD = +.55 ns health has improved   (vs no change) O-HL-c-sq-v-4-j LRCD = -.57 p < .01 health has worsened   (vs no change)

LRCD controlled for:
- retired
- current health problems
- family income
- working years
- education years
- race
- marital status