Study Hawkins & Booth (2005): study US 1980
- Public
- Couples, USA, followed 12 years, 1980-1992
- Survey name
- US-Longitudinal study Instability of marriage over life course
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 1150
- Non Response
- 35%
- Assessment
- Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Stepchild
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- T1(1980), T2(1983), T3(1988) and T4(1992)
- Distribution
- M=.08, SD=.27, Range 0-1
- Operationalization
- 1 stepchild in household
0 other
Observed Relation with Happiness
(T4 happiness controled for T1 happiness to assess change)
Beta additionally controlling for
- T1 happiness (to capture change happiness)
- Continuously married
- Divorced/Unmarried
- Divorced/Remarried
- Age
- Gender
- White
- Years of education
- Family income
- Number of children
- Religiosity
- Remarried
- Cohabited