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Correlational findings

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
Religiosity
Our Classification
Remarks
T1(1980), T2(1983), T3(1988) and T4(1992)
Distribution
M=3.74, SD=1.23, Range
Operationalization
Selfreport on queation on  influence of religion on ones
1= not at all
:
5=very much.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-c-sq-v-3-ad r = +.15 p < .001 T1 Happiness by T1 Religiosity O-HL-c-sq-v-3-ad r = +.16 p < .001 T4 Happiness by T1 religiosity (12 year interval) O-HL-c-sq-v-3-ad Beta = +.09 p < .01 T1-T4 CHANGE in happiness by T4 religiosity
(T4 happiness controled for T1 happiness to assess change)
Beta additionally controlled for  
- Continuously married
- Divorced/Unmarried
- Divorced/Remarried
- Age
- Gender
- White
- Years of education
- Family income
- Number of children
- Stepchild
- Remarried
- Cohabited

T4 is 1992