Abbey et al. (1994): study US 1988
Publication
- Author(s):
- Abbey, A.; Andrews, F.M.; Halman, L.J.
- Title:
- Psychosocial Predictors of Life Quality: How are They Effected by Infertility, Gender and Parenthood?
- Source:
- Journal of Family Issues, 1994, Vol. 15, 253 - 271
Investigation
- Public
- Infertile couples and matched controls, followed 3 years, USA 1988-1990
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Non-probability purposive-expert sample
- Respondents
- N = 496
- Non Response
- 20%
- Assessment
-
Interview: face-to-face
at T1 face-to-face, at T2 and T3 by telephone
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on 2 questions:
A .. 'satisfaction with life as a whole' (full item not reported)
1 very dissatisfied
2
3
4
5 very satisfied
B … happiness… (full item not reported)
1
2
3
Response options not reported
Summation: not reported - Classification:
- O-Sum-?-mq-v-8-b
- Author's label:
- global life quality
- Page in publication:
- 259
- Error estimates:
- Cronbach alpha at T1: .74, at T3: .78