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
- Living with child after recent divorce
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Divorced/separated fathers only
- Operationalization
- Fathers household after recent separation
1: lives with child (=single father)
0: does not live with child
Observed Relation with Happiness
M SD
- lives with with child
T1: 5,35 1,26
T2: (became single father) 4,56 1,94
difference -0,79 +0,78
- Does not live with child
T1: lived with child prior to sep 5,08 1,26
T2: 5,27 1,94
difference +0,19 +0,78
b values controled for:
- Fathers's characteriistics
- age
- income (lagged)
- education
- Ethnicity
- first marriage
- number of children
- months separated
- relationship with ex-spouse
- Focal child characteristics
- Male
- age
- Father-child relationship at T1