Study Tyssen et al. (2009): study NO 1993
- Public
- Physicians followed 9 years after graduating, Norway, 1993-2002
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 631
- Non Response
- Resp. 17% , 38% at 1 year, 33% at 4 years, 38 % at 9 years.
- Assessment
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Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Sent after graduating, one year after, 4 years after and 9 years after.
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Being a physian
- Our Classification
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- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Physicians graduated from four medical schools in Norway, interviewed at 4 (T3) and 9 (T4) years after graduation were compared with a matched control group taken from a generall population survey, similar with respect to education, average age and gender
Observed Relation with Happiness
1. Physicians (T3) M = 5.2 SD 1.0
0. Matched controls M = 5.6 SD 1.0
- difference -0,4
1. physiycians(T4) M = 5.2 SD 1.0
0. Matched controls M = 5.6 SD 0.9
- difference -0,4
The difference appears both in the percentage of very satisfied and dissatisfied with life