Study Nock (1981): study US 1973

Public

16+ aged working force, USA, followed 5 years, 1973-1977

Sample

Respondents

N = 963

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label

Birth of first child

Our Classification

Remarks

At T1 is observed if a family has any children under the age of 5. At T2 if a child was born in the last 5 years. Since the sample includes individuals formerly married, some marriages are begun with children present from former marriages. Hence a first birth may represent a subsequent birth for a individual who already had children. For most families with no child under 5 at the beginning of the study a child born during the study will be their first. Although this is not true for all the families.

Distribution

1: N = 73 ( 7,58 %)

Operationalization

First birth within last 10 years
1 = Yes
0 = No

Observed Relation with Happiness