Study Wells et al. (2009): study AU 1998
- Public
- 48-73 aged, followed 3 years before and after retirement, Australia, 1998-2002
- Survey name
- AU-HRP 1998-2002
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 444
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Multiple assesment methods
T0: self-completed questionanaire:paper T1-T3: telephone interviews.
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Retrospective change of happiness over retirement
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- T0-T1: 1998/99-2000 (1 year) T1-T2: 2000-2001(1 year) T2-T3: 2001-2002 (1 year) T0-T3:1998/99-2002 (3 year)
- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Selfreport on single question
"How happy are you now compared with just before you retired/ 12/ 36 months previously?"
3: happier now
2: about the same
1:less happy now
Assessed at T1, T2 and T3.
Observed Relation with Happiness
T0-T1 better no change worse
Retrospective 72.3% 27.7% 0%
Actual 21.7% 62.7% 15.7%
- Difference +50.6% -35.0% -15.7%
T1-T2 better nochange worse
Retrospective 29.0% 65.9% 5.1%
Actual 11.9% 68.3% 19.8%
- Difference +17.1% -2.4% -14.7%
T2-T3 better nochange worse
Retrospective 23.3% 70.8% 5.8%
Actual 14.9% 70.3% 14.9%
- Difference +8.4% +0.5% -9.1%
T0-T3 better nochange worse
Retrospective 65.3% 27.1% 7.6%
Actual 21.1% 60.0% 19.0%
- Difference +44.2% -32.9% -11.4%
Retrospective by
T0-T1 Gs = +.23 (05)
T1-T2 Gs = +.26 (01)
T2-T3 Gs = +.27 (01)
T0-T3 Gs = +.24 (01)
(a) T2-T3 Actual Gs = +.07 (ns)
(b) T0-T3 Actual Gs = +.17 (ns)
So, no strong recency effect
- more among positive self-image (001)
- similar for age
- similar for males and females
Negative review: retrospective < actual change
- more among older (ns)
- more among negative self immage (ns)