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Correlational findings

Study Kamp Dush et al. (2008): study US 1980

Public
Married people, USA, followed 20 years 1980-2000
Survey name
US- BRFSS 2005
Sample
Respondents
N = 962
Non Response
53%
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Correlate

Authors's Label
Husband employed
Our Classification
Distribution
1: 91%
Operationalization
Husband employed
1: yes
0: no

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-c-sq-v-3-ca b-fix = -.07 ns T1 lifesatisfaction by T1 husband employed

b-fix controled for:
- T1-T6 trajectory of marital satisfaction
  - stable high
  - stable middler
  - low and declining
- T1 family income
- T1 use of public assistance
- T1 wife employed full time
- T1 wife extended hours
- T1 children below age 18
O-HL-c-sq-v-3-ca b-fix = -.06 ns b unaffected by additional control for:
- T1 Gender relations
  - husband share of household work
  - shared decision making
- T1 values
  - religiousness
  - traditional gender attitude
  - traditional marriage attitude