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Correlational findings

Study Choi (2001): study US 1982

Public
Female pensioners, followed 9 years, USA, 1982-1991.
Survey name
US-NBS combined wavws
Sample
Respondents
N = 4748
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
T1:1982 T2:1991

Correlate

Authors's Label
Worries about money
Our Classification
Remarks
T1:1982; T2:1991
Distribution
M=1.4
Operationalization
selfreport on single question:
"How often do you find yourself worrying about your financial situation? Do you worry about money?"
0: never
1: hardly ever
2: once in a while
3: frequently

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-DT-c-sq-v-7-a Beta = -.25 s T2 happiness by T1 worries about money.

Beta controled for:
Sociodemographic
-T2 age
-T1 eduction(yrs)
-T1 race
-T2 marital status
-T1 frequcency contact with children
-T2 number of ADLs
Economic
-T2 total income excluding earnings
Preretirement history
-T1 years of longest job
-T1 longest occupation before retire
-T1-T2 years of work after retire