Study Erbes & Hedderson (1985): study US 1968
- Public
- Male heads of households, followed 4 years, USA, 1968-72
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 5060
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Yearly
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Separation sequale
- Our Classification
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- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Happiness assessed before, during and after separation or divorce
Both happiness and marital status assessed during five consecutive years: T1: 1968, T2: 1969, T3: 1970, T4: 1971, T5: 1972
Observed Relation with Happiness
Mean happiness at different time lags from separation/divorce
- 2 years before M= 2.6 Mt'= 6.5
- 2 years before M= 2.4 Mt'= 6.0
- year of M= 2.4 Mt'= 6.0
- 1 year after M= 2.5 Mt'= 6.3
- 2 years after M= 2.4 Mt'= 6.0
Contentment rated on 0-4 point scale. (M) Means transformed to 0-10 point scale (Ms', difference DMt')
There are no clear differences between men experiencing separation/divorce for he first time and those experiencing separation/divorce more than once when their scores from two years before to two years after separation/divorc are examined