Study Bradburn (1969): study US 1963
- Public
- 21-60 aged, urban areas, USA, 1963 - 64
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 2787
- Non Response
- ± 20%, Attrition ± 30%
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Repeated interviews at home using highly structured questionnaires
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Employment status of spouce
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Data T1. Results T3 similar. Computed for marrieds only. Happiness level in average ridits (RT):
- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- 0 Spouce employed
1 Spouce unemployed
Observed Relation with Happiness
- S employed, wife employed RT=.53
- S employed, wife unemployed RT=.50
- S unemployed, wife employed RT=.42
- S unemployed, wife unemployed RT=.34
- S employed, husband employed RT=.53
- S employed, husband unemployed RT=.35
- S unemployed, husband employed RT=.45
- S unemployed, husband unemployed RT=.40
- Wives whose husband is chief wage earner
- husband employed RT=.48
- husband unemployed RT=.38
Ridit analysis compares distribution in category with distribution in total sample. RT above .50 means relative high level, RT below .50 relative low level.