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
Current motivation to work
Work hours