Correlational findings | World Database of Happiness

Study Glenn & Kramer (1985): study US 1973

Public: 18+ aged whites, USA, 1973-82
Sample
Respondents: N = 9704
Non Response
Assessment: Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label

Broken home background

Our Classification

Related specification variables

Operationalization

Parents died:
  0 intact
  1 one parent had died

Parents divorced:
  0 intact
  1 divorced

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure

Statistics

Elaboration / Remarks

O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa

b = - ns

Parent died:
- Females    B= -.03  ns
- Males      B= -.04  ns

O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa

b = - s

Parents divorced:
- Females    B= -.12  (001)   ß= -.19
- Males      B= -.14  (03)    ß= -.22

Causel paths: children of divorce slightly less succesfull in school and more likely to be unmarried , in particular females

% of the difference in happiness explained:
Males:   0.5% by education, 3% by marital status,
         6% by age

Females: 7% by education, 18% by marital status,         14% by age

B's and ß's controlled for age, father's occupational prestige, father's years of school completed, mother's years of school completed, size of community lived in at age 16, number of siblings, religion in which raised and whether or not the mother worked outside the home before the person was age 6.