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Correlational findings

Study Danzer & Danzer (2016): study UA 2003

Public
Elderly followed 5 years before and after reaching pension age, Ukraine, 2003-2007
Survey name
UA-Ukrainian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey
Sample
Respondents
N = 4927
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
chronic disease
Our Classification
Remarks
T1-T2: 2003-2004 before pension age, before reform T3: 2007 after pension age, after reform
Operationalization
Self report on question about chronic disease. Text not reported
1: yes
0: no

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-v-5-h Beta = -.22 p < .01 T1-T3 CHANGE happiness following pension reform by having chronic disease O-SLW-c-sq-v-5-h Beta-f = -.18 p < .01 Beta(addtional control for gender) and Beta-fix controled for:
- post reform
- pension aged
- individual characteristics
  - age
  - marital status
  - years of schooling
- household characteristics
  - household size
  - had children
  - income of household members
- interaction pension aged x post reform

Similar results after control personal income(log).