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Correlational findings

Study Sohier (2019): study ZZ EU 9 2006

Public
50-70 aged adults, 9 nations, followed 7 years, 2006-2013
Survey name
SHARE
Sample
Respondents
N = 16667
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI)
face-to-face and computer-aided personal interview

Correlate

Authors's Label
Self-perceived health
Our Classification
Remarks
T1: 2006-2007, T2: 2011, T3: 2013 WDH team recoded value, original ranking from 1 (excellent) to 5 (poor)
Operationalization
Self-report on single question. Lead question not reported
4 excellent
3 very good
2 good
1 fair
0 poor

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLu-u-sq-n-11-c b-fix = -.10 p < .01 T1-T3 CHANGE in happiness by T1-T3 CHANGE in self-perceived healh
- very good (vs excellent)
O-SLu-u-sq-n-11-c b-fix = -.24 p < .01 - good      (vs excellent) O-SLu-u-sq-n-11-c b-fix = -.41 p < .01 - fair      (vs excellent) O-SLu-u-sq-n-11-c b-fix = -.82 p < .01 - poor      (vs excellent)

b-fix weighted by country population and controlled for:
- age square
- daily physical limitations
- income difficult, net household income
- partner's health
- survey time

Similar results when excluding income