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
- Never married vs widowed
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Marital status 1972 by happiness 1972.Control group of average US women aged 45+ taken from Campbell 1975.
- Operationalization
- 0 Widowed
1 Never married
Observed Relation with Happiness
-widowed 50 56
-never married 41 53
difference -9 -3