Study Wong (1985a): study US 1984

Public

Working parents with children <16, USA, 1984

Sample

Respondents

N = 651

Non Response

59-79%

Assessment

Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Questionnaire returned by intra office mail in a sealed envelope

Correlate

Authors's Label

Support from Co-workers

Our Classification

Error Estimates

verbal support: alpha = .89, instrumental support: alpha = .74

Distribution

Married Fathers: M=1,9, SD=.66, Married Mothers M = 2,2 SD = .70, Single Mothers M = 2,2 SD = .69

Related specification variables

Operationalization

Think back to your experiences as a working parent over the last two months. How have your co-workers helped you to manage? How often in the past two months did your co-workers do each of the following?
Verbal support:
a. Shared ideas or advice.
b. Listened to my problems.
c. Was understanding or sympathetic.
d. Helped me to figure out how to solve a problem.
Instrumental support:
a.shared duties or traded off tasks to accomodate my family responsibilities. b. 'Pinch hit ' for me if I needed time for family responsibilities
c. Switched schedule (hours, overtime hours, vacation) to accomodate my family responsibilities.

Rated: 1= Never, 2 = Rarely, 3 = Sometimes, 4 = Often, 5 = Very often, 8 = Not applicable

Observed Relation with Happiness