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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
Years since retirement
Our Classification
Remarks
T1: 2006-2007, T2: 2011, T3: 2013
Operationalization
1: recently retired: < 2 years
0: formerly retired: > 2 years

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLu-u-sq-n-11-c b-fix = +.06 p < .05 T1-T3 CHANGE in happiness by years since retirement
- recently retired (vs formerly retired)

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

b-fix value slightly lower when excluding self-perceived health and no. of limitation, but a slightly higher when excluding income.

Results are similar when additionally controlled for the internaction of employment and
- elf-perceived health
- income