Study Abbey et al. (1994): study US 1988
- Public:
- Infertile couples and matched controls, followed 3 years, USA 1988-1990
- Survey name:
- Unnamed study
- Sample:
- Respondents:
- N = 496
- Non Response:
- 20%
- Assessment:
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Interview: face-to-face
at T1 face-to-face, at T2 and T3 by telephone
Correlate
- Authors's label
- Got a child
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- 1 did not get child since T1
2 got child since T1
Assessed at T3
Observed Relation with Happiness
- initially infertile
- females r = +.19 (01)
- males r = +.08 (ns)
- presumed fertile controls
- females r = +.01 (ns)
- males r = +.13 (ns)
Change in happiness measured controling T3 happiness for T1 happiness
- initially infertile
- females Beta = +.21 (01)
- males Beta = +.02 (ns)
- presumed fertile controls
- females Beta = -.05 (ns)
- males Beta = +.09 (ns)