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Studies

Shapiro & Lambert (1999): study US 1987

Publication

Author(s):
Shapiro, A.; Lambert, J.D.
Title:
Longitudinal Effects of Divorce on the Quality of the Father-Child Relationship and on Fathers' Psychological Well-Being.
Source:
Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1999, Vol. 61, 397 - 408

Investigation

Public
Fathers of child below age 19, USA, followed 5 years 1987 - 1994
Survey name
US-NSFH combined waves
Sample
Selection from general population sample
Respondents
N = 844
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Next are some questions about how you see yourself and your life. Taking all things together, how would you say things are these days?
1  very unhappy
2
3
4
5
6
7  very happy
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-n-7-b
Author's label:
Happiness
Remarks:
Question (full text and rating range) copied from the codebook at NSFH website.

T1: M[(5.35*33 + 5.08*82 + 5.57*729)/844] = 5.51
T2: M[(4.56*33 + 5.27*82 + 5.36*729)/844] = 5.32
Page in publication:
401
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
Mean:
5.40 7.33
SD:
- -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Age