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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
income of household members
Our Classification
Remarks
log transformed T1-T2: 2003-2004 before pension age, before reform T3: 2007 after pension age, after reform
Operationalization
income generated from all other non-pension eligible members.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-v-5-h Beta = +.13 p < .01 T1-T3 CHANGE happiness following pension reform by income of household members O-SLW-c-sq-v-5-h Beta-f = +.05 p < .05 Beta(addtional control for gender) and Beta-fix controled for
- post reform
- pension aged
- individual characteristics
  - age
  - chronic disease
  - marital status
  - years of schooling
- household characteristics
  - household size
  - had children
- interaction pension aged x post reform O-SLW-c-sq-v-5-h Beta-f = +.04 ns Beta-fix additionally controled for personal income

Positive effect of household income disappeared after controled for personal income.