Abolhassani & Alessie (2013): study DE 1994
Publication
- Author(s):
- Abolhassani, M.; Alessie, R.
- Title:
- Subjective Well-Being Around Retirement
- Source:
- De Economist, 2013, Vol. 161, 349-366
Investigation
- Public
- 50-70 aged, followed 15 years, Germany, 1994-2009
- Survey name
- DE-SOEP combined waves
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 10275
- Non Response
- Assessment
-
Interview: face-to-face
T1:1994 T2:1999 T3:2004 T4:2009
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Taking all things together, how satisfied are you with your life these days? Please answer with the help of this scale. For instance, when you are totally satisfied with your life, please tick '10'. When you are totally unsatisfied with your life, please tick '0'. You may use all values in between to indicate that you are neither totally satisfied nor totally unsatisfied."
10 totally satisfied
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0 totally unsatisfied - Classification:
- O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d
- Author's label:
- life satisfaction
- Remarks:
- M=6.9; SD=1.77
- Page in publication:
- 352
Correlational Findings
Current status: retired or not
Compulsory retirement (vs free choice)
Earlier employment
Employed
Change age
Net household income
Married state (compared to non-married states)
Widowed
Divorced or separated
Earlier number of children in household
Earlier number of adults in household
Earlier medical consumption
Earlier hospitalization
Earlier region of residence
Level of school-education
Vocational education
Summed socio-demographic + health
Disability
Earlier disability