Study McNamara & St.George (1978): study US 1971
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, USA, 1971
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 2164
- Non Response
- 20%
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Highly structured, at home
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Church attendance
- Our Classification
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- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Closed question on attendance at religious services.
more than once a week (3)
once a week (2)
2 or 3 times a month x)
less than once a month x)
not at all (1)
x) In the gamma-calculations the groups answering: "2 or 3 times a month", and "less than once a month" were discarded.
Observed Relation with Happiness
never married,age under 30 G'=+.21 01
never married, age over 30 -.19 05
widowed +.02 ns
divorced / separated -.22 01
married, youngest child under 6 +.27 01
married, youngest child over 6 +.20 01
married, no children under 18 +.25 01
married, age under 30, no children +.36 01
married, age over 30, no children +.47 01
RACE
white +.20 01
black +.26 01
FAMILY INCOME
0 -$ 4999 +.26 01
$ 5000 -$ 9999 +.19 01
$10000 -$16999 +.20 01
over $17000 +.26 01
SCHOOLING
elementary only +.09 01
grades 9-11 +.28 01
high school graduate +.33 01
some college +.31 01
college graduate +.20 05
post graduate -.34 01
LIVING AREA
central cities of 12 largest Metropolitan Areas +.43 01
suburbs within 12 largest
Meropolitan Areas -.07 ns
cities over 100.000 not incl.12
largest Metropolitan Areas +.31 01
cities 10.000 to 100.000
excluding suburbs above +.10 05
places 2.500- 10.000 +.24 01
rural places less than 2.500 in
Metropolitan Area +.06 ns
rural places not in Metropolitan
Area but adjacent -.04 ns
rural places not in Metropolitan
Area, outlying +.21 01