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Correlational findings

Study Ponomarenko (2019): study ZZ EU 12 2006

Public
50-70 aged, 12 European countries, followed 5 years into retirement, 2006/07-2011/12
Survey name
SHARE
Sample
Respondents
N = 2163
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI)

Correlate

Authors's Label
Living with partner
Our Classification
Remarks
Assessed at: T1:Before retirement (2006/07) T2:After retirement (2011/12) WDH team caculated by table 1
Distribution
T1: N:1=1918, 0=245
T2: N:1=1847, 0=316
Related specification variables
Operationalization
Selfreported having a partner, married or cohabitating, is present in the household
1 Yes
0 No

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLu-u-sq-n-11-c b = + p < .01 CORRELATION BEFORE and AFTER RETIREMENT
T1:Before retirement  b = +.54 (01)
T2:After retirement   b = +.52 (01)
- Difference              +.02

b controlled for
- employment status
- chronic condition
- household wealth
- household income
- male
- education
- country O-SLu-u-sq-n-11-c b = -.69 p < .05 T1-T2 CHANGE in happiness by T1-T2 loss of live with partner anymore

b controlled for
- T1 employment status
- T1-T2 CHANGE in chronic condition
- T1-T2 CHANGE in household income
- T1-T2 CHANGE in became not living with partner

Unaffected when only consider the effect of unemployed and additionally controlled for its interaction of country