Ferree (1984): study US 1971
Publication
- Author(s):
- Ferree, M.M.
- Title:
- Class, Housework and Happiness: Women's Work and Life Satisfaction.
- Source:
- Sex Roles, 1984, Vol. 11, 1057 - 1074
Investigation
- Public
- White married women, USA, 1971-76
- Sample
- Probability stratified sample
- Respondents
- N = 2541
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
We have talked about various parts of your life, now I want to ask you about your life as a whole. How satisfied are you with your life as a whole these days.....?
7 completely satisfied
6
5
4 neutral
3
2
1 completely dissatisfied - Classification:
- O-SLW-c-sq-n-7-a
- Author's label:
- Life satisfaction
- Remarks:
- NB: reversed coding in paper : 1 = completely satisfied, 7 = completely dissatisfied
- Page in publication:
- 1062
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 5.81 -
- SD:
- - -
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Taken all together, how would you say things are these days? Would you say that you are....?
3 very happy
2 pretty happy
1 not too happy - Classification:
- O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Remarks:
- codes are reversed in paper: 1 = very happy, 3 = not too happy
- Page in publication:
- 1063
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 1.70 -
- SD:
- - -
Correlational Findings
Oneself-mother: works (vs not)