Study Sears & Barbee (1977): study US 1921

Public

Gifted women (IQ >135), followed 50 years, California, USA, 1921-72

Sample

Respondents

N = 671

Non Response

Attrition in 1972: 25%

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face
Repeated interviews and questionaires

Correlate

Authors's Label

Having children

Our Classification

Remarks

Happiness assessed in 1972. The gifted women were about 62 yrs of age at that time. Currently marrieds only. Control group of everage US women aged 45+ taken from Cambell 1975.

Operationalization

0 Married, childless
1 Married, children

Observed Relation with Happiness