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Correlational findings

Study Miller et al. (1991): study US 1956

Public
White married mothers with children under age 13, USA 1956
Sample
Respondents
N = 356
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
and questionnaire.

Correlate

Authors's Label
Education
Our Classification
Distribution
High school graduate: 43 %; More than high school 37 %
Operationalization
1= less than high school
2= high school
3= more then high school

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks M-CO-*-mq-v-3-a Beta = -.02 ns < High school (vs highschool) M-CO-*-mq-v-3-a Beta = +.10 ns >high school (vs high school)

Betas controlled for:
- age
- husband’s occupation (professional or not)
- life cycle stage (child < 6 or not)
- number of children

Unaffected by:
- number of roles
- Employment
- Interaction between:
  o Roles/employment
  o Roles/husband’s occupation
  o Employment/husband’s occupation