Study Apouey et al. (2018): study AU 2001

Public

50-74 aged, Australia, followed before and after retirement, 2001-2014.

Survey name

AU-HILDA combined waves

Sample

Respondents

N = 8154

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label

Health shock: Unexpected change self-assessed health

Our Classification

Remarks

Assessed yearly T1 to T14 Health 'shock' is unexpected change in health

Distribution

SAH is worse:  male= 20%, female= 20%
SAH the same:  male= 63%, female= 62%
SAH is better:  male= 17%, female= 18%

Related specification variables

Operationalization

Combination of   
-  Expected change in health
-  Actual change in self-assessed health (SAH)

A. Unexpected worse health (reference)
B. Unexpected same health
C. Unexpected better health
D. Expected worse health
E. Expected same/better health; actual same
F. Expected same/ better health; actual better

Based on response to 2 questions
"How true of false is [each of] the following statement for you? I expect my health to get worse.”"
2: Same or Better
1: Don’t know
0: Get worse

"In general, would you say that your health is?"
caculate CHANGE between the waves(t and t+1).
2: Better
1: Same
0: Worse

Observed Relation with Happiness