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Correlational findings

Study Hawkins & Booth (2005): study US 1980

Public
Couples, USA, followed 12 years, 1980-1992
Survey name
US-Longitudinal study Instability of marriage over life course
Sample
Respondents
N = 1150
Non Response
35%
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Correlate

Authors's Label
Divorced/Remarried
Our Classification
Remarks
Assessed at T1(1980), T2(1983), T3(1988) and T4(1992)
Distribution
M=.05, SD=.23, Range 0-1
Operationalization
1 Ss who divorced in T2 or T3 and then remarried at T3 or T4.
0 other

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-c-sq-v-3-ad r = -.04 ns T1 Happiness (1980) by Remarried at T3 or T4 O-HL-c-sq-v-3-ad r = -.02 ns T4 Happiness (1992) by Remarried at T3 or T4

Ss who remained in an unhapooy marriage were less happy (r = -.21)
O-HL-c-sq-v-3-ad Beta = +.09 p < .01 T4 happiness
Controlling for
- Continuously married
- Divorced/Unmarried
O-HL-c-sq-v-3-ad Beta = +.07 p < .05 T1-T4 CHANGE in happiness by Remarriage at T4
(T4 happiness controlling T1 happiness)
Controlling for
- Continuously married
- Divorced/Unmarried
O-HL-c-sq-v-3-ad Beta = +.08 p < .05 Beta additionally controled for:
- Age
- Gender
- White
- Years of education
- Family income
- Number of children
- Stepchild
- Religiosity
- Remarried
- Cohabited