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

Summed effects

Our Classification

Operationalization

a: Recently divorced (vs not)
b: Individual characteristics
     - age of father
     - income (lagged)
     - education
     - ethnicity
     - first marriage
     - number of children
c:  Focal child characteristics
     - Male
     - age of child
d: T1-T2 decrease of father's contact with child
e: T1 happiness of father
Divorced fathers only:
f:   months separated
g:  relationship with ex-spouse

Observed Relation with Happiness