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Correlational findings

Study Lansford et al. (2001): study US 1992

Public
Families with at least one child <10 in household, United States of America, 1992 - 1994
Survey name
US-NSFH II
Sample
Respondents
N = 799
Non Response
Assessment
Face-to-face + Telephone

Correlate

Authors's Label
Family situation
Our Classification
Distribution
N = A; 111, b: 200, c: 2w00, d: 200, e: 88
Related specification variables
Operationalization
a: Adoptive child
b: Two parents with biological child(ren)
c: Single mothet with biological child(dren)
d: Step father
e: Step mother

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-c-sq-?-7-b DMa = p < .01 MOTHERS                        
Adptive child              Ma = 5,18
Two-parents: biological    Ma = 5,46
Single mother biological   Ma = 4,95
Step father                Ma = 5,51
Step mother                Ma = 5,47
O-HL-c-sq-?-7-b MAoV = +3.8 p < .01 O-HL-c-sq-?-7-b DMa = ns FATHERS                        
Adptive child              Ma = 5,24
Two-parents: biological    Ma = 5,43
Single mother biological   
Step father                Ma = 5,34
Step mother                Ma = 5,51
O-HL-c-sq-?-7-b MAoV = +.28 ns O-HL-c-sq-n-10-b DMa = CHILDREN                        
Adptive child              Ma = 7,65
Two-parents: biological    Ma = 7,43
Single mother biological   Ma = 7,19
Step father                Ma = 7,52
Step mother                Ma = 7,30
O-HL-c-sq-n-10-b MAoV = +.28 ns MANCOVA controlled for:
- economic status
- years of education mother
- duration of marital status
- working hours/week mother
- age child
- gender child

Ma adjusted for
- Economic status of family
- Education of mother
- Duration of marital relation ship
- Working hours of mother
- age of parents

Significance of differences assessed using MANCOVA