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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
Traditional gender attitudes
Our Classification
Remarks
Assessed at each wave. T1-T6 difference: 20 years
Distribution
Range= 1-4, M= 2.37, SD= 0.46
Operationalization
Turning to gender relations, no significant interactions for traditional gender attitudes but instead found that all trajectories declined in endorsement of traditional gender attitudes.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-c-sq-v-3-ca b-fix = -.10 ns T1 happiness by T1-T6 pattern of Traditional gender studies
T1 is projected for:
- children be low 18
- Marital happiness
- Family income
- use of public assistance
- wife ermployed full time
- Traditional marriage attitudes