Study Kesavayuth et al. (2016): study GB 2005
- Public
- 50-75 aged adults,UK, followed 6 years, 2005-2011
- Survey name
- UK-BHPS combined waves
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 5597
- Non Response
- 39.7%
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Neuroticism
- Our Classification
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- Error Estimates
- Cronbach alpha=.69
- Remarks
- T1:2005, T2:2011
- Distribution
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M=10.52 , SD=3.99
Male: M=9.33, SD=3.75
Female: M=11.52, SD=4.18 - Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Selfreported three questions: I see myself as someone who
a) Worries a lot
b) Gets nervous easily
c) Is relaxed, handles stress well
7 applies to me perfectly
6
5
4
3
2
1 does not apply to me at all
Total score is from 3 to 21, then, the standardized scores are calculated for each subgroup (males and females)
Observed Relation with Happiness
- Male b-fix = -.23(01)
- Female b-fix = -.12(ns)
b-fix controlled for
- employment
- other personality traits
- conscientiousness
- extraversion
- agreableness
- openness
- interaction of retired and personality
- gender
- age
- household income
- marital status
- health problems
- educational attainment
- number of children
- region
- survey year
- Female b-IV-F = -.16(05)
Additionally Instrumental Variable used for retirement: eligibility ages for the basic state pension in UK
Similar results when
- splitting retirees into normal and early retirees
- excluding early retirees
- additionally controlled for age squared, age cubed
- those who participated in both T1 and T2
Female became weak when only consider those who were employed in T1 and retired at T2