Shehan (1984): study US 1982
Publication
- Author(s):
- Shehan, C.L.
- Title:
- Wives' Work and Psychological Well-Being: An Extension of Gove's Social Role Theory of Depression.
- Source:
- Sex Roles, 1984, Vol. 11, 881 - 899
Investigation
- Public
- Working mothers of preschool children and non-working controls, USA, 198?
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 184
- Non Response
- 0% interview 16% questionnaire
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Focused interview followed by a mailed questionnaire
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question :
All things considered, how satisfied are you with the way your life is these days ........?
1 not at all satisfied
2 somewhat satisfied
3 just so-so
4 pretty satisfied
5 very satisfied - Classification:
- O-SLL-c-sq-v-5-c
- Author's label:
- Life-satisfaction
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 1%, 2: 6%, 3: 9%, 4: 54%, 5: 30% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- - 7.10
- SD:
- - -