dc.contributor.author | Lysberg, Frode | |
dc.contributor.author | Bertelsen, Thomas Bjerregaard | |
dc.contributor.author | Lysberg, Cathrine | |
dc.contributor.author | Høie, Magnhild | |
dc.contributor.author | Espnes, Geir Arild | |
dc.contributor.author | Innstrand, Siw Tone | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-01-22T10:41:29Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-01-22T10:41:29Z | |
dc.date.created | 2020-09-02T20:03:39Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 2020, 1-6. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1403-4948 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2724246 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: The aim of the present study was to investigate within-person life satisfaction (LS) dynamics for two age groups, 20–29 and 30–39 years, from 1984 to 1986 and to follow them over a 20-year period. Methods: Data from 1984 to 2008 were extracted from the large, prospective, longitudinal North-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT), Norway. This paper includes data from more than 14,500 persons. Data were analysed using logistic regression, and LS dynamics were modelled using gender, time and self-rated health. Results: The analyses revealed that about 20% of people in these age groups had a stable level in LS, also known as set point. Long-term LS change, defined as ⩾2 SDs, was reported for 9% and 6% of people in the youngest and oldest age groups, respectively. A large proportion of more than 70% of people had fluctuations in their LS over a 20-year period. A significant decrease in within-person LS was seen for the age groups from 1984–86 to 1995–97 where a significant increase appeared from 1995–97 to 2006–08. For the initial 20–29 age group, the odds of having a higher score increased by 34%, and for the initial 30–39 age group, the within-person LS increase was 81%. Self-rated health was the most crucial variable influencing within-person LS. Conclusions: These findings suggest that a significant proportion of the responders had a long-term within-person LS change over the 20-year period. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | SAGE Publishing | en_US |
dc.rights | Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no | * |
dc.title | Change and stability: Within-person life satisfaction over a 20-year period using data from the HUNT survey | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en_US |
dc.source.pagenumber | 1-6 | en_US |
dc.source.journal | Scandinavian Journal of Public Health | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/1403494820957439 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1826922 | |
dc.description.localcode | This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). | en_US |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | original | |
cristin.qualitycode | 1 | |