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Jackson (1993): study US Ohio 1989

Publication

Author(s):
Jackson, A.P.
Title:
Black, Single, Working Mothers in Poverty: Preferences for Employment, Well-Being, and Perceptions of Preschool-Age Children.
Source:
Social Work, 1993, Vol. 38, 26 - 34

Investigation

Public
Working single mothers with 3/4 years aged child, recipients of subsidized childcare, City in Ohio, United States of America, 1989
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Non-probability chunk sample
Respondents
N = 111
Non Response
31%
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)
Structured interviews in which mothers completed a questionnaire about role strain, life satisfaction, depression and perceptions of children.

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

… your life in general … (full question not reported)
9 best I could expect to have
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1  worst I could expect to have
Classification:
C-BW-g-sq-l-9-a
Author's label:
Overall life satisfaction
Remarks:
M=5.71 for mothers who preferred to work
M=5.16 for mothers who preferred to stay home
Page in publication:
28
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 9 On range 0-10
Mean:
5.50 -
SD:
- -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Employment preferences