Study Sears & Barbee (1977): study US 1921
- Public
- Gifted women (IQ >135), followed 50 years, California, USA, 1921-72
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 671
- Non Response
- Attrition in 1972: 25%
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Repeated interviews and questionaires
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Current employment state
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Assessed 1972 The gifted women were about 62 yrs of age in 1972.
- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- 0 Homemakers
1 Income workers
Observed Relation with Happiness
- married, housewife 57% contented
- income workers
- married 55% contented
- single, widowed, divorced 44% contented
Specification by education (marrieds only).
- College graduates G = +.10 (05)
- Some college G = -.33 (01)
- High school graduate G = +.14 (ns)
Comparison with average 30+ aged married women in the USA 1971 (Data CAMPB 1975, HAPP 2.1):
- All G = -.06 (01)
- College graduate G = +.50 (01)
- Some college G = 00 (ns)
- High school graduate G = -.07 (05)