Study Kiecolt & Acock (1990): study US 1980

Public:

18 + aged; Blacks, USA, 198?

Sample:

Respondents:

N = 1911

Non Response:

33%

Assessment:

Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview by Black interviewer

Correlate

Authors's label

family composition:live w. parents vs. mother and stepfather

Our Classification

Operationalization

Family situation before age 16
1 lived with both parents
2 mother and stepfather

Observed Relation with Happiness