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
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- 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
Controlling for
- Continuously married
- Divorced/Unmarried
- Divorced/Remarried
- Age
- Gender
- White
- Years of education
- Family income
- Stepchild
- Religiosity
- Remarried
- Cohabited