Study Cameron et al. (2015): study NZ 2008
- Public
- 65-79 aged general public, New Zealand, 2008 - 2012
- Survey name
- NZ-GSS1
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 4224
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Working status
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Full-time work defined as working thirty hours or more a week.
- Distribution
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(a) 12% working full time
(b) 11% working part-time
(c) 77% not working - Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- selfreport their status by working hours
(a) full-time work
(b) part-time
(c) unemployed
Observed Relation with Happiness
- 41.0% very satisfied
- 50.5% satisfied
- 8.5% not satisfied
Part-time work M = 2,38
- 45.8% very satisfied
- 47.3% satisfied
- 6.9% not satisfied
Not working (retired) M = 2,29
- 37.6% very satisfied
- 52.3% satisfied
- 9.1% not satisfied
Mean happiness computed from scale reduced to range 1-3
b controls for
- gender
- education
- partnered
- age
- physical health
- mental health
- Local averege socio-economic status
- post-secondary education b-iv = -.85(05)
- no post-secondary educatioin b-iv = -.65(01)
- post-secondary education b-iv = +.51(ns)
- no post-secondary educatioin b-iv = -.23(ns)
Instrumental variables used
- gender
- regional sex specific employment rate
- regional prime age internal migration rate
b-iv controled for
- education
- partnered
- physical health
- mental health
- age
- local average social status