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 marriage attitudes

Our Classification

Remarks

Assessed at each wave. T1-T6 difference: 20 years

Distribution

Range= 1-4, M=2.61, SD=0.41

Operationalization

Self report on 6 questions questions:
a: Couples are able to get divorced too easily today’
b: Marriage is for life,even if the couple is unhappy’
c:
d:
e:
f:
Text  questions c, d, e, and f not reported

Rated:
1: strongly disagree,
2: disagree,
3:agree,
4: strongly agree

Observed Relation with Happiness