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Correlational findings

Study Hochman & Skopek (2013): study IL 2006 /1

Public
50+ aged, general public, Israel, 2006
Survey name
SHARE
Sample
Respondents
N = 1849
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Subjective Economic Hardship
Our Classification
Remarks
1 and 2 combined to create dummy variable for economic hardship.
Distribution
52% experiences difficulty (1+2)
Operationalization
Self-evaluation of ability to ' make ends meet' :
1. with great difficulty
2.
3.
4. easily

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLu-u-sq-n-11-c Beta = -.34 p < .001 Beta controlled for:
-gender
-household size
-age
-migrant status
-married
-education
-child
-employed, unemployed
-homemaker
-health
-wealth controlled fpor debts