Study Moen et al. (1995): study US 1956

Public

Mothers USA, followed 30 years 1956-1986

Sample

Respondents

N = 313

Non Response

20

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face
And questionnaire. In 1986 also extensive life history data were collected.

Correlate

Authors's Label

Caregiving

Our Classification

Distribution

Caregivers: N= 53, Non-caregiver: N=240

Operationalization

0 not currently caregiver
1 current caregiver

Caregiving includes respondents’reports of providing assistance to ill, handicapped, of older relatives, including spouse and adult children, and in a few cases “fictive’ kin in the form of a close neighbor or friend.

Observed Relation with Happiness