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Correlational findings

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
Never married vs widowed
Our Classification
Remarks
Marital status 1972 by happiness 1972.Control group of average US women aged 45+ taken from Campbell 1975.
Operationalization
0 Widowed
1 Never married

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks C-ASG-h-mq-v-5-a DM = - % happy           gifted    control
-widowed           50         56
-never married     41         53
difference         -9         -3