Study Jackson (1993): study US Ohio 1989
- Public
- Working single mothers with 3/4 years aged child, recipients of subsidized childcare, City in Ohio, United States of America, 1989
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 111
- Non Response
- 31%
- Assessment
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Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)
Structured interviews in which mothers completed a questionnaire about role strain, life satisfaction, depression and perceptions of children.
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Employment preferences
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Selfreport on single question:
If you had a choice of being employed or staying at home, which would you choose?
0: prefer home (reference)
1: prefer work
Observed Relation with Happiness
Mothers who prefer to stay home: M = 5.16
-difference +.55
Beta controled for:
- gender of child
- education
- weekly working hours