| Publication |
| Author(s) | Layard, R.; Clark, A.E.; Powdthavee, N |
| Title | What Predicts a Successful Life? A Life-Course Model of Well-Being. |
| Source | CEP Discussion Paper, 2013, No. 1245, London, UK |
| URL | http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2345599 |
| Investigation |
| Public | 34 aged, United Kingdom, followed from childhood, 2004 |
| | The longitudinal target sample consists of ALL those born (including stillbirths) in Great Britain in the second week of march 1970, until they die or permanently emigrate from Britain. The longitudinal achieved sample is all those members of the longitudinal target sample who participate in a particular sweep (meaning at least one survey instrument partially completed). |
| Collect period | 1996-2004 |
| | Assessment off well-being at age 34.
Assessment of emotional health and self-perceived health at age 26. |
| Survey name | UK-British Cohort Study |
| Sample | Non-probability purposive sample |
| | The sample consists of all the members of the cohort who participate in a particular sweep (meaning at least one survey instrument
partially completed).
Data set using imputation for missing variables. |
| Respondents N = | 8868 |
| Non Response | Not available |
| Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
| Happiness measure(s) used |
| Author's label | | Our subject description |
| Age when father left full time education | show | Parents education |
| Age when mother left full time education | show | Parents education |
| Both natural parents live in household at 10 | show | Presence of parents |
| Educational achievement | show | Current education |
| Emotional health | show | Earlier mental health |
| Employed | show | Current employment status |
| Employment rate of father | show | Unemployment of parents |
| Family economic | show | Socio-economic background (earlier for adults, current for young) |
| Family psychosocial | show | Earlier family situation |
| Family weekly income at 10 | show | Socio-economic background (earlier for adults, current for young) |
| Female | show | Sex (male vs female) |
| Good conduct at adulthood | show | Earlier aggression |
| Good conduct at adulthood | show | Earlier criminal behaviour, also classified as above ↑ |
| Good conduct at adulthood | show | Earlier mental health, also classified as above ↑ |
| Good conduct at adulthood | show | Earlier personality traits, also classified as above ↑ |
| Good conduct in childhood | show | Earlier aggression |
| Good conduct in childhood | show | Earlier criminal behaviour, also classified as above ↑ |
| Good conduct in childhood | show | Earlier mental health, also classified as above ↑ |
| Good conduct in childhood | show | Earlier personality traits, also classified as above ↑ |
| Has partner | show | Married state (compared to non-married states) |
| Income (ln) | show | Current income level (unspecified) |
| Intellectual performance | show | Earlier intelligence |
| Mother's average mental health at 5 and 10 | show | Mental health of parents |
| Number of siblings | show | Number of siblings |
| Post-marital conception | show | Conditions of conception |
| Self-perceived health | show | Self-perceived health |
| Social class of father | show | Socio-economic background (earlier for adults, current for young) |
| Summed effects of childhood and adulthood | show | Summed effects of life-career conditions |