Study Olivera & Ponomarenko (2017): study ZZ Europe 2006
- Public
- 50+ aged, not yet retired, 18 European Nations, 2006, 2011.
- Survey name
- SHARE
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 15389
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI)
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- pension insecurity
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Using pricipal component analysis to aggregate the items, tthe first component labeled as pension insecurity. This component explains 74.5% of the variance.
- Distribution
- M=0.48, SD=0.31
- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Self report on 2 questions:
A: Perceived chance of pension reduction:
What are the chances that before you retire the government will reduce the pension which you are entitled to?
B. Chance of retirement age increase:
What are the chances that before you retire the government will raise your retirement age?
Ranged from 0 to 1
Observed Relation with Happiness
A. Chance of pension reduction Beta: -.06 (01)
B. Chance of age increase Beta: -.03 (05)
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5
(CLOSEST) (FURTHEST)
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Beta -.02 -.06 -.06 -.05 -.04
pvalue (ns) (05) (01) (ns) (05)
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5
(poorest) (richest)
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Beta -.07 -.05 -.06 -.03 -.03
pvalue (ns) (05) (05) (ns) (ns)
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5
(lowest) (highest)
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Beta -.09 -.02 -.04 -.06 -.02
pvalue (05) (01) (ns) (01) (ns)
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5
(lowest) (highest)
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Beta -.03 -.02 -.06 -.06 -.08
pvalue (ns) (ns) (01) (05) (01)
- Public & private Beta: -.03 (01)
- Private only Beta: -.01 (ns)
- Public only Beta: -.07 (01)
Betas controlled for:
- married
- working
- education
- age
- chronic disease
- household income
- home ownership
- year, country and their interation