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Correlational findings

Study Cho & Lee (2014): study KR 2000

Public
50+ aged wage workers, South Korea, followed 8 years, 2000-2007
Survey name
KR-KLIPS combined waves
Sample
Respondents
N = 639
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Type of retirement process
Our Classification
Distribution
N=A=223, B=233, C=183
Operationalization
Change over 8 years
A. Complete retirement: directly retired from full-time employment to full retirement
B. Hopping type of post-retirement: employees who take smaller jobs with periods of unemployment in between
C. Continuity type of post-retirement: employees constantly reside in the labor market by reducing the hours of work

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-u-sq-v-5-rb OLRCs = -.43 p < .01 hopping type    (vs complete retirement) O-SLW-u-sq-v-5-rb ORO = 0.65 p < .01 O-SLW-u-sq-v-5-rb OLRCs = -.40 p < .01 continuity type (vs complete retirement) O-SLW-u-sq-v-5-rb ORO = 0.67 p < .01 OLRCs and ORO controlled for
- gender
- age
- level of education
- living with spouse
- type of occupation
- health status
- family income
- type of retirement process
- public pension