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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
Marital status
Our Classification
Remarks
T1: 2006-2007, T2: 2011, T3: 2013
Operationalization
A. no partner
B. having a partner who has passed away
C. with partner (reference)

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLu-u-sq-n-11-c b-fix = -.48 p < .01 T1-T3 CHANGE in happiness by T1-T3 CHANGE in marital status
- no partner          (vs with partner)
O-SLu-u-sq-n-11-c b-fix = -.48 p < .01 - partner passed away (vs with partner)

b-fix weighted by country population, controlled for
- age square
- selfperceived health, no. of daily limitation
- income difficult, net household income
- partner's health
- survey time

Similar result when excluding health or income