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Correlational findings

Study Fonseca et al. (2014): study US 2008

Public
50+ aged, USA, followed 2 years, 2008-2010
Survey name
US-HRS combined waves
Sample
Respondents
N = 54923
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI)

Correlate

Authors's Label
Depressive symptoms
Our Classification
Distribution
yes:87.4%, no:12.6%
Operationalization
8 item binary version of CESD, a cutoff threshold of 3 out of 8 is recorded as depressed
1 yes
0 no

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-u-sq-v-5-bb r = -.34