Study Townsend & Gurin (1981): study US 1972
- Public:
- 18+ aged, white women, USA, 1972
- Sample:
- Respondents:
- N = 946
- Non Response:
- Assessment:
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Interview: face-to-face
Highly structured
Correlate
- Authors's label
- Marital status
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- a: married
b: single (including never married and divorced)
c: widowed
Observed Relation with Happiness
Married M = 1,94 Ma = 1.94
Single M = 1,82 Ma = 1.81
Widowed M = 1,82 Ma = 1.83
O-Slu recoded 1-2
Married M = 1,73 Ma = 1.73
Single M = 1,54 Ma = 1.52
Widowed M = 1,59 Ma = 1.62
Ma's adjusted for
- role fit
- employed
- career oriented home maker
- home oriented home maker
- education
- age
Happiness reversed (in original presented as 'life dissatisfaction')