Lansford et al. (2001): study US 1992
Publication
- Author(s):
- Lansford, J.E.; Abbey, A.; Ceballo, R.
- Title:
- Does Family Structure Matter? A Comparison of Adoptive, Two-Parent Biological, Single-Mother, Stepfather and Stepmother Households.
- Source:
- Journal of Marriage and Family, 2001, Vol. 63, 840 - 851
Investigation
- Public
- Families with at least one child <10 in household, United States of America, 1992 - 1994
- Survey name
- US-NSFH II
- Sample
- Selection from general population sample
- Respondents
- N = 799
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Face-to-face + Telephone
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
.. How things are going these days .. (full text not reported)
7 very happy
6
5
4
3
2
1 very unhappy
Full labeling of scales not reported - Classification:
- O-HL-c-sq-?-7-b
- Author's label:
- Parent life satisfaction
- Page in publication:
- 843
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question
.. Current happiness.. (full question not reported)
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
Labels not reported - Classification:
- O-HL-c-sq-n-10-b
- Author's label:
- Child wellbeing
- Remarks:
- Assessed in a separate study data of which were merged
- Page in publication:
- 843
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 7.41 -
- SD:
- 1.62 -
Correlational Findings
Non-biological child
Adoptive children
Step children
Single parent