| Study | Erbes & Hedderson (1985): study US 1968 |
| Title | A Longitudinal Examination of the Separation/Divorce Proces. |
| Source | Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1985, Vol. 11, 937 - 941 |
| Public | Male heads of households, followed 4 years, USA, 1968-72 |
| Sample | |
| Non-Response | |
| Respondents N = | 5060 |
| Correlate | |
| Author's label | Recent separation/ divorce |
| Page in Source | 939 |
| Our classification | Recent divorce/separation, code M01ab02a |
| Operationalization | 0 stably married 1 experienced separation or divorce between T1 and T5 (N= 150) 0 stably separated 1 experienced separation or divorce between T1 and T5 (N= 150) |
| Remarks | Stably Divorced/separated at
married T1 T2 T3 T4 T5
|
| Observed Relation with Happiness | ||
| Happiness Measure | Statistics | Elaboration/Remarks |
| C-W-cy-sq-v-5-a | DMt=- | T1: 6.5 6.0* 6.3 5.3 5.8 7.3 |
| C-W-cy-sq-v-5-a | DMt=- | T2: 7.5 6.0 6.8* 6.5 6.5 6.0 |
| C-W-cy-sq-v-5-a | DMt=- | T3: 7.3 7.0 6.8 7.3* 7.5 6.0 |
| C-W-cy-sq-v-5-a | DMt=- | T4: 7.0 4.0 6.3 5.5 4.3* 5.0 |
| C-W-cy-sq-v-5-a | DMt=- | T5: 7.0 5.5 6.3 6.0 6.3 5.3*
Stably Divorced/separated at
separated T1 T2 T3 T4 T5
|
| C-W-cy-sq-v-5-a | DMt=+ | T1: 5.0 6.0* 6.3 5.3 5.8 7.3 |
| C-W-cy-sq-v-5-a | DMt=+ | T2: 5.3 6.0 6.8* 6.5 6.5 6.0 |
| C-W-cy-sq-v-5-a | DMt=+ | T3: 5.3 7.0 6.8 7.3* 7.5 6.0 |
| C-W-cy-sq-v-5-a | DMt=+ | T4: 5.5 4.0 6.3 5.5 4.3* 5.0 |
| C-W-cy-sq-v-5-a | DMt=+ | T5: 5.5 5.5 6.3 6.0 6.3 5.3* * = year of divorce Contentment rated on 0-4 point scale. (M) Means transformed to 0-10 point scale (Ms', difference DMt') |
| Code | Full Text |
| C-W-cy-sq-v-5-a | Selfreport on open question: Have you usually felt pretty sure your life would work out the way you want it to, or have there been times when you haven't been sure about it? Responses scored afterwards on the following scale; 5 usually pretty sure 4 pretty sure, qualified 3 pro-con, sure sometimes, not sure of the times 2 (more) times when haven't been sure, qualified 1 (more) times when not very sure This same question was asked every year 1968 - 1972 (American Panel Study on Income Dynamics) |
| Symbol | Explanation |
| DMt | DIFFERENCE of MEANS AFTER TRANSFORMATION Type: descriptive statistic only. Measurement level: Correlate: dichotomous, Happiness: metric Theoretical range: [-10; +10] Meaning: the difference of the mean happiness (happiness measured at a 0-10 rating scale) between the two correlate levels. |