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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
Preretirement longest occupation
Our Classification
Remarks
T1:1982 T2:1991
Distribution
a. 14.3%; b.10.8%; c. 21.2%; d. 15.9%; e. 1.0%; f. 16.2%
no substantial work history: 20.3%
Operationalization
selfreport for the type of the longest preretirement occupation.
a. managerial/professional
b. technical support/sales
c. administrative support/clerical
d. services
e. farming/forestry/fishing
f. mechanical/repairing/construction/machine operating

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-DT-c-sq-v-7-a Beta = +.02 ns T2 happiness by T1 managerial/professional. O-DT-c-sq-v-7-a Beta = +.01 ns T2 happiness by T1 technical support/sales. O-DT-c-sq-v-7-a Beta = -.00 ns T2 happiness by T1 administrativesupportive/clerical. O-DT-c-sq-v-7-a Beta = +.04 s T2 happiness by T1 service. O-DT-c-sq-v-7-a Beta = +.01 ns T2 happiness by T1 farming, forestry, fishing, mechanical, repairing, construction, & machine operation.

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
-T1 worries about money
Preretirement history
-T1 years of longest job
-T1-T2 years of work after retire