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Correlational findings

Study Abbey et al. (1992): study US 1987

Public
Infertile couples, United States, 1987
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Respondents
N = 370
Non Response
0
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
In-person interviews, separate wives and husbands

Correlate

Authors's Label
Internal control
Our Classification
Error Estimates
Cronbach alpha= .88
Related specification variables
Operationalization
Selfreport on 5 questions, e.g.:
" I can run my life pretty much the way I want to"
other questions not reported

Rated:
1:  strongly disagree
5:  strongly agree

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-Sum-?-mq-v-8-b r = +.69 p < .01 Wives happiness by wives internal control O-Sum-?-mq-v-8-b r = +.39 p < .01 Wives happiness by husbands internal control O-Sum-?-mq-v-8-b r = +.25 p < .05 Husbands happiness by wives internal control O-Sum-?-mq-v-8-b r = +.65 p < .01 Husbands happiness by husbands internal control