Study Dingemans & Henkens (2014): study NL 2001
- Public
- 50-64 aged, Netherlands, followed before and after retirement, 2001-2011
- Survey name
- NL-NIDI work and retirement panel
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 1248
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Marital status change
- Our Classification
-
-
- Remarks
- Happiness assessed atAssessed at T1: 2001 T2: 2006/7 T3: 2011 Most participants retired in this period
- Distribution
-
pooled means and SD in postretirement.
(a) M=0.82, SD=0.38
(b) M=0.11, SD=0.31
(c) M=0.05, SD=0.21
(d) M=0.02, SD=0.15 - Operationalization
- (a) constantly living with a partner (reference)
(b) constanly single
(c) loss of a partner
(d) new partner
1: yes
0:no
Observed Relation with Happiness
All b controlled for:
Personal characteristics
- preretirement happiness(to capture change)
- time of retirement in survey wave
- age
- gender
- change of health problem
- perceived pension shortfall
Household composition
- had children
Preretirement work context
- job satisfaction
- supervisor
- occupation level
- years of retirement
Retirement transition
- reasons for involuntariness
- bridge employment status
- bridge job in the past
- motives for bridge employment