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Correlational findings

Study Kamp Dush et al. (2008): study US 1980 /1

Public
Married people, USA, followed 20 years 1980-2000
Survey name
US-Longitudinal study Instability of marriage over life course
Sample
Respondents
N = 2034
Non Response
53% at wave 6
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Correlate

Authors's Label
Wife employed full time
Our Classification
Remarks
Assessed at each wave. T1-T6 difference: 20 years
Distribution
Range= 0-1, M= 0.31
Operationalization
Wife worked 35-45 hours per week
1 yes
0: no

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-c-sq-v-3-ca b-fix = -.03 ns T1-T5 CGANGE happiness by T1-T6 CHANGE full-time employment of wife

b-fix controled for CHANGE in
- children below age 18 in household
- marital happiness
- family income
- use of public assistance
- wife ermployed full-time
- Husband employed
O-HL-c-sq-v-3-ca b-fix = -.02 ns b-fix additionbally controled for CHANGE in
- husband';s share of housework
- equal decision making
- traditional gender studies
- traditional marriage attitudes