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Correlational findings

Study Hochman & Skopek (2013): study SE 2006

Public
50+ aged general public, Sweden, 2006
Survey name
SHARE
Sample
Respondents
N = 2572
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Subjective Economic Hardship
Our Classification
Remarks
1 and 2 combined to create dummy variable for economic hardship.
Operationalization
Self-evaluation of ability to ' make ends meet'  1. with great difficulty
2.
3.
4. easily

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLu-u-sq-n-11-c Beta = -.24 p < .001 Beta controlled for:
-gender
-household size
-age
-migrant status
-married
-education
-child
-employed, unemployed,
-homemaker
-health
-income
-wealth controlled for debts