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Correlational findings

Study Baruch & Barnett (1986a): study US 1980

Public
Mothers with children age 4-10, USA,1980
Sample
Respondents
N = 160
Non Response
60%
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
Also mailed questionnaire, weekchart. Parents jointly used a chart to indicate 5 typical week days and for 2 typical weekend days the hours during which the target child and each parent were home and awake; they then indicated the nature of the child- parent interaction that typically occured during each of those hours.

Correlate

Authors's Label
Mother's work status
Our Classification
Distribution
Not employed N = 80, Employed N = 80
Operationalization
0 Not employed: working less than 8 hrs per week
1 Employed: working at least 17,5 hrs a week for at least 3 months prior to the interview

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-u-sq-v-7-a Beta = +.06 ns Beta controlled for fathers participation in family work