Study Gorchoff et al. (2008): study US Alameda County, California 1981

Public

43-61 aged, married women, Berekley, United States, followed 18years from 1981-1999

Survey name

INT-HBSC 2001/2002

Sample

Respondents

N = 72

Non Response

Assessment

Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
3 assessments: T1: when most of the women still had children at home (early 40s) T2: when some but not all had empty nests (early 50s) T3: when virtually all had empty nests (early 60s)

Correlate

Authors's Label

Transition to an empty nest

Our Classification

Remarks

T1: when most of the women still had children at home (early 40s) T2: when some but not all had empty nests (early 50s) T3: when virtually all had empty nests (early 60s)

Operationalization

at T2: if at least one child at home at T1 but not at T2
at T3: at least one child at home at T2 but not at T3

Observed Relation with Happiness