Study Faver (1982): study US 1977
- Public
- 22-64 aged women, USA, 1977
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 1120
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Mailed questionnaire
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Life cycle group
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- N of subgroups is estimated from %. Age cohort 35-44 is not included in further analysis of life cycle groups
- Distribution
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Age group 22-34 :Total N=380 a) N= 91(23,95%) b) N=67(17,89 %), c) N=132 (34,74 %), d) N=56(14,47%), e) N=34 (8,95 %)
Age group 45-64: Total N=373 f) =128 (34,32%), g) N=154 (41,28%), h) N= 28 (7,51 %), i) N= 45 (12,06%), j) N=18 (4,83%) - Operationalization
- For age cohort 22-34:
a) Single childless women
b) Married childless women
c) Married mothers of preschool children
d) Married mothers of elementary school children
e) Single mothers
For age cohort 45-64
f) Married mothers of children and adolescents
g) Married mothers of adult children
h) Single mothers of children and adolescents
i) Single mothers of adult children
j) Childless women
Observed Relation with Happiness
a Single childless M=3,92 N=89
b Married childless M=4,39 N=66
c Married preschool child M=3,89 N=131
d Married basic school child M=4,22 N=54
e Single mothers M=4,06 N=33
f) Married children/adolescents M=4,25 N=124
g) Married adult children M=4,30 N=150
h) Single children/adolescents M=3,68 N= 28
i) Single adult children M=3,86 N= 44
j) Childless women M=3,88 N= 17