Table A1.

Life satisfaction in wave t stratified by interview status in the subsequent four waves

	Percent Distribution				Average Life Satisfaction at t
Response status in the later wave	at t+1	at t+2	at t+3	at t+4	at t+1	at t+2	at t+3	at t+4
1. Interviewed, value reported	83.1	72.3	61.7	50.4	3.96	3.97	4.00	4.02
2. Interviewed, value not reported
3. Item non-response	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.7	3.75	3.92	3.90	3.89
4. Proxy interview, no cognitive limitation	1.1	1.0	1.0	0.9	3.92	3.97	3.96	4.18
5. Proxy interview, cognitive limitations	2.1	2.8	3.2	3.2	3.84	3.87	3.87	3.86
6. Not interviewed, alive	4.9	6.5	7.9	9.3	3.88	3.91	3.93	3.99
7. Not interviewed, dead	8.1	16.5	25.3	35.5	3.73	3.77	3.82	3.85
8. All	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	3.93	3.93	3.94	3.95
Number of observations	39,460	30,002	20,237	10,422