Fonseca et al. (2014): study US 2008
Publication
- Author(s):
- Fonseca, R.; Kapteyn, A.; Lee, J.
- Title:
- Does Retirement Make you Happy? A Simultaneous Equations Approach.
- Source:
- Michigan Retirement Research Center, Working Paper, 2014, No. 310, 1 - 31 Michigan, USA
Investigation
- Public
- 50+ aged, USA, followed 2 years, 2008-2010
- Survey name
- US-HRS combined waves
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 54923
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI)
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Please think about your life as a whole. How satisfied are you with it?
5 completely satisfied
4 very satisfied
3 somewhat satisfied
2 not very satisfied
1 not at all satisfied - Classification:
- O-SLW-u-sq-v-5-bb
- Author's label:
- Life satisfaction
- Page in publication:
- table 1, 2
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0.9%, 2: 3.1%, 3: 24.4%, 4: 46.4%, 5: 25.3% (total 100.1%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.92 8.47
- SD:
- 0.83 1.68