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Correlational findings

Study Atkinson et al. (1986): study US 1982

Public
Unemployed males followed 2 month after jobloss and matched controls, Boston, USA, 1982
Sample
Respondents
N = 167
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
With both spouces

Correlate

Authors's Label
Change in marital support
Our Classification
Remarks
Assessed at T1 and T2 (two month difference. Perceived support dropped among the continuously unemployed, but rose among the re-employed, while remaining at the same level in the control group of continuously employed.
Operationalization
Husbands were asked how supportive their wives had been during the recent past

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-H?-?-sq-?-*-a r = ns T1-T2 CHANGE in perceived marital support by T2 happiness O-H?-?-sq-?-*-a Beta = Control for happiness reduces the negative effect of unemployment on perceived marital support. This suggests that happiness mediates this effect, continued unemployment lowering happiness and unhappiness subsequently lowering perceived marital support.

Direct association between unemployment and happiness not reported in this publication.