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Studies

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

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Got a child