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

Interview: face-to-face
Repeated interviews and questionaires

Correlate

Authors's Label

Widowed vs divorced

Our Classification

Remarks

Marital status 1972 by happiness 1972.Control group of average US women aged 45+ taken from Cambell 1975.

Operationalization

0 Divorced
1 Widowed

Observed Relation with Happiness