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Studies

Ferree (1984): study US 1971

Publication

Author(s):
Ferree, M.M.
Title:
Class, Housework and Happiness: Women's Work and Life Satisfaction.
Source:
Sex Roles, 1984, Vol. 11, 1057 - 1074

Investigation

Public
White married women, USA, 1971-76
Sample
Probability stratified sample
Respondents
N = 2541
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

We have talked about various parts of your life, now I want to ask you about your life as a whole. How satisfied are you with your life as a whole these days.....?
7  completely satisfied
6
5
4  neutral
3
2
1  completely dissatisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-7-a
Author's label:
Life satisfaction
Remarks:
NB: reversed coding in paper : 1 = completely satisfied, 7 = completely dissatisfied
Page in publication:
1062
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
Mean:
5.81 -
SD:
- -
Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taken all together, how would you say things are these days?   Would you say that you are....?
3  very happy
2  pretty happy
1  not too happy
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa
Author's label:
Happiness
Remarks:
codes are reversed in paper: 1 = very happy, 3 = not too happy
Page in publication:
1063
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
Mean:
1.70 -
SD:
- -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Husband's job status