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

Husband share of housework

Our Classification

Remarks

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

Distribution

Range=0-1, M= 0.27, SD= 0.18

Operationalization

Self report on question;
In every family there are a lot of routine tasks that need to be done, such as cleaning the house, doing the laundry, cleaning up after meals, cooking dinner, and so on. How much of this kind of work is usually done by you?’
0:   none
25: less than half
50: about half
75:  more than half
100: All of it

Recoded:
1  all of it
0: other

Observed Relation with Happiness