Study Shapiro & Lambert (1999): study US 1987
- Public
- Fathers of child below age 19, USA, followed 5 years 1987 - 1994
- Survey name
- US-NSFH combined waves
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 844
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Sex of focal child
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Coresidence = lining with child(dren)
- Distribution
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Divorced coresident M: 0.48 SD: 0.51
Divorced nonresident M: 0 .45 SD: 0.50
Continuously married M: 0 .50 SD: 0.50 - Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- 1: male
0: female (reference)
Observed Relation with Happiness
b (+.140) controled for:
- Recently divorced
- Personal characteristics
- age
- income (logged)
- education
- Ethnicity
- first marriage
- number of children
- Focal child characteristics
- age
- T1-T2 CHANGE in father-child relationship
- T1 happiness of father
b (+.519) controled for:
- Living with child
- Personal characteristics
- age
- income (logged)
- education
- Ethnicity
- first marriage
- number of children
- months separated
- relationship with ex-spouse
- Focal child characteristics
- age
- Father-child relationship at T1