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Correlational findings

Study Gwanfogbe et al. (1970): study CM 1965

Public
Mothers of young child, rural areas, Cameroon, 196?
Sample
Respondents
N = 300
Non Response
37%
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Number of children living
Our Classification
Distribution
M = 4,19 (SD = 2,22) still alive with a range of one to twelve.
Operationalization

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-u-sq-v-2-a r = -.05 ns O-HL-u-sq-v-2-a Beta = +.44 p < .05 Beta controled for:
- wife order
- marital satisfaction
- husband's supportiveness

Using mean substitution for missing data along with backwards elimination of varables. O-HL-u-sq-v-2-a Beta = +.78 p < .01 Using listwise deletion of missing data along with backwards elimination of varables.
N = 152.