Study Richardson & Kilty (1991): study US Ohio 1986
- Public
- Reterees Ohio USA, followed 1 year, 1986-1987
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 222
- Non Response
- 11.2
- Assessment
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Multiple assesment methods
Mail and telphone interview
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Gender
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- T1: Pre-retirement T2: Retired: 6 months later T3: Retired:12 months later
- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- 1 male
0 female
Observed Relation with Happiness
dc controlled for
- age
- married
- education
- occupational status
- health
- income at T2, change income after retirement
- miss work
- work seen as meaningful after retirement
Only among retirees who had become less happy. No correlation among retirees who had become happier or had stayed equally happy