Study Berkman (1971): study US Alameda County, California 1965
- Public
- Adults, general public, Alameda County, USA, 1965
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 6928
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Mailed questionnaire
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Positive evaluation of mother and fatheras a parent
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Closed question for mother and father separately: All in all, how good a job did your mother/father do as a parent?
worse/ about the same/ better than most mothers/fathers.
Dichotomized into:
0: One or two parents worse or both
parents the same.
1: All other combinations.
Observed Relation with Happiness
0: negative evaluation 42.0% AR= .46
1: positive evaluation 58.0% AR= .54
The average ridits (AR) were calculated with
the distribution of the total sample as reference