Study Della Giusta et al. (2010a): study GB 1996 /1

Public

Adults, general public, UK, 1996-2007

Survey name

UK-BHPS 1996

Sample

Respondents

N = 50657

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label

Attitudes to Family Life

Our Classification

Remarks

scale of 1-5 where 1=strongly agree and 5=strongly disagree; codes reversed for A,B and F: higher score = more in line with traditional gender roles

Distribution

Males:     M=2.78  sd=0.61
Females: M=2.87  sd=0.59

Related specification variables

Operationalization

Average of these 6 questions:

A- Pre-school child suffers if mother works
B- Family suffers if mother works full-time
C- Women and family happier if she works
D- Husband and wife should both contribute to the household income
E- Full time job makes women independent
F- Husband should earn wife stay at home

Observed Relation with Happiness