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
- Spouse support
- Our Classification
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- Error Estimates
- Cronbach alpha at T3: .91
- Remarks
- Assessed at T1(1988) and T3 (1990)
- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Selfreport on 6 questions about social support received from ones spouce. Questions measure the extend to which respondents felt that their spouce appreciated, respected, understood and cared for them.
Rated: not at all (1) to a great deal (5)