Olivera & Ponomarenko (2017): study ZZ Europe 2006

Publication

Author(s):

Olivera, J.; Ponomarenko, V.

Title:

Pension Insecurity and Wellbeing in Europe

Source:

Journal of Social Policy, 2017, Vol. 46, 517 - 542

Investigation

Public

50+ aged, not yet retired, 18 European Nations, 2006, 2011.

Survey name

SHARE

Sample

Non-probability sample (unspecified)

Respondents

N = 15389

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:

Self report on single question:

How satisfied are you with your life?
10 completely satisfied
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0  completely dissatisfied

Classification:

O-SLu-u-sq-n-11-c

Author's label:

Life satisfaction

Page in publication:

524

Observed distribution

Summary Statistics

On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10

Mean:

7.82 7.82

SD:

1.58 1.58

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding gender Sex: male (vs female) marital status Married (vs all unmarried) working Employed years of education Years schooling age Age difference among elderly chronic disease Number of health complaints
Self-perceived chronic illness household income Equivalent household income pension insecurity Attitudes to social security
Security of income
Perceived chance of pension change home ownership Ownership of current dwelling