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Correlational findings

Study Antonucci et al. (1998): study US 1980 /1

Public
Marrieds with children, Michigan, USA, 1980
Survey name
Nat. Survey Soc. Networks Adult Life 1980
Sample
Respondents
N = 366
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Social network too demanding
Our Classification
Distribution
Males: M=1.11, s.d = 0.95;  females: M=1.16, s.d.=0.99
Related specification variables
Operationalization
"About how often do you feel that people in your network make too many demands on you?"
0 Never
1 Seldom
2 Sometimes
3 Often

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa r = -.17 p < .05 All (computed by the WDH-team) O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa r = -.19 p < .01 Males O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa r = -.15 ns Females O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa Beta = -.19 Males O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa Beta = -.15 ns Females

Beta's controlled for:
- age
- education
- health compared to others
- size of family network
- network doesn' t understand
- network gets on nerves
- want more dependable network