Life Satisfaction Across the Lifespan: Findings from Two Nationally Representative Panel Studies

Two large-scale, nationally representative panel studies (the German Socio Economic Panel Study and the British Household Panel Study) were used to assess changes in life satisfaction over the lifespan. The cross-sectional and longitudinal features of these studies were used to isolate age-related c...

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Published in:Social indicators research 2010-11, Vol.99 (2), p.183-203
Main Authors: Baird, Brendan M, Lucas, Richard E, Donnellan, M. Brent
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adults
Age
Age difference
Age Differences
Age groups
Ageing
Aging
Aging (Individuals)
Attitudes
British Household Panel Survey
Change
Change agents
Cohort Analysis
Cohort effect
Cohort studies
Comparative analysis
Confounding factors
Cross-sectional studies
Cultures and civilizations
Economic Research
Estimation
Federal Republic of Germany
Foreign Countries
Germany
Happiness
Human Geography
Individual Differences
Instrumentation
Instrumentation effects
Life cycles
Life Satisfaction
Life span
Lifestyles. Everyday life
Longitudinal Studies
Microeconomics
Middle age
Modeling
Multilevel models
Older Adults
Older people
Personality
Personality traits
Physical Health
Public Health
Quality of life
Quality of Life Research
Researchers
Resistance (Psychology)
Satisfaction
Sequential design
Social change
Social Indicators
Social research
Social Sciences
Sociology
Standard deviation
Studies
Subjective well-being
Trajectories
United Kingdom
Well Being
Wellbeing
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