Study Hawkins & Booth (2005): study US 1980

Public

Couples, USA, followed 12 years, 1980-1992

Sample

Respondents

N = 1150

Non Response

35%

Assessment

Interview: telephone (CATI)

Correlate

Authors's Label

Children

Our Classification

Remarks

Number of children at T1(1980), T2(1982), T3(1988), and T4(1992)

Distribution

M=.68, SD=.56, Range 0-3

Operationalization

The average number of children living in the respondent's household over the course of the study.(12 year interval)

Observed Relation with Happiness