Study Beaman (2010): study CA 2005

Public

Recent retirees, Canada, followed 1 year, 200/-200/

Survey name

Unnamed study

Sample

Respondents

N = 327

Non Response

T1:26,8%, T2:12,8%

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face
completed questionnaires at Concordia University T2: 12 months after T1

Correlate

Authors's Label

Retirement satisfaction

Our Classification

Error Estimates

Internal consistency study 1: alpha= .84 study 2: alpha: T1 = .81, T2= .82

Remarks

Two questions from the Retirement Satisfaction Inventory (Floyd et al, 1992)

Distribution

T1: M=5,06, SD=0,95
T2: M=5.09, SD=0.81

Operationalization

overall, how satisfied they were currently with their retirement, and how their life since retirement compares to their life before retirement.
5 very satisfied, much  better
4
3
2
1 very dissatisfied, much worse

Observed Relation with Happiness