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

Cohabited

Our Classification

Remarks

T1(1980), T2(1983), T3(1988) and T4(1992)

Distribution

M=.14, SD=.35, Range 0-1

Operationalization

1 If Ss lived with their spouses before marriage
0 other

Observed Relation with Happiness