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Correlational findings

Study Latif (2011): study CA 1994

Public
45+ aged adults, Canada, followed 13 years. 1994-2007
Survey name
CA National Population Health Survey: pooled waves
Sample
Respondents
N = 22040
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI)
every 2 years

Correlate

Authors's Label
Own a home
Our Classification
Remarks
T1:1994-1995, T7:2006-2007 Most respondents retired in this period
Operationalization
1 Yes
0 No

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-?-sq-v-5-d LRCD = +.09 ns CURRENT happiness by owning home  (vs not) O-HL-?-sq-v-5-d b = +.03 p < .01 O-HL-?-sq-v-5-d OLRC = +.08 p < .01 O-HL-?-sq-v-5-d b-fix = -.01 ns T1-T7 CHANGE happiness by owning home (vs not)

LRCD, b, OLRC, b-fix controlled for
- gender
- age, age squared
- marital status
- education level
- health status
- Personal income
- province
- lives in an urban area

Instrumental Variable used for retirement yields similar results
- discontinuous age specific retirement incentives