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

R square

Our Classification

Remarks

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

Operationalization

T1-T6 CHANGE in
a: marital satisfaction
b: children bellow age 18 in the household
c: family income
d: use of public assistance
e: wife employed full time
f:  wife ever worked more tha 46 hours a week
g: husband employed
h: husband share of housework
i:  equal decisionn making
j:  traditional gender attitudes
k: traditional marriage attitudes

Observed Relation with Happiness