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Study McCullough & Zick (1992): study US Utah 1987

Public: Mothers, Utah, USA, 1987 - 1988
Survey name: Unnamed study
Sample
Respondents: N = 268
Non Response
Assessment: Interview: face-to-face
+ time-diary

Correlate

Authors's Label

Single mother

Our Classification

Operationalization

1: mother heads a single household
0: otherwise

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure

Statistics

Elaboration / Remarks

O-SLW-u-sq-v-5-c

DM = -.4

Life satisfaction of single mothers: M=3.5
Life satisfaction of others: M=3.9
- difference =-0.4

O-SLW-u-sq-v-5-c

OLRC = -.46 ns

OLRC controled for:
- Age of youngest child
- Economic resources:
  -Household income
  -Education
  -Own home
  -Number of major appliance
  -Cars
- Time demands
  -Housework
  -Paid work
  -Social and recreational acitivites
  -School work, unpaid work and organization-related activities