Wetzel et al. (2016): study DE 2004
Publication
- Author(s):
- Wetzel, M.; Huxhold, O.; Tesch-Römer, C.
- Title:
- Transition into Retirement Affects Life Satisfaction: Short- and Long-Term Development Depends on Last Labor Market Status and Education.
- Source:
- Social Indicator Research 2016, Vol. 125, 991-1009
Investigation
- Public
- 57-65 aged Germany, followed 6 years before to 8 years after retirement, 2004-2018
- Survey name
- DE-SOEP combined waves
- Sample
- Selection from general population sample
- Respondents
- N = 3361
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
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:
- Happiness at retird year
- Page in publication:
- 997
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 7.02 -
- SD:
- - -
Correlational Findings
Sudden retirement (vs gradual)
Early retirement
Change happiness following events
Stage of retirement