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Studies

Lansford et al. (2001): study US 1994

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, 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

Author's label Subject Description Finding Family situation