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Studies

Kamp Dush et al. (2008): study US 1980 /1

Publication

Author(s):
Kamp Dush, C.M.; Kroeger, R.A.; Taylor, M.G.
Title:
Marital Happiness and Psychological Well-Being Across the Life Course.
Source:
Family Relations, 2008, Vol. 57, 211 - 226

Investigation

Public
Married people, USA, followed 20 years 1980-2000
Survey name
US-Longitudinal study Instability of marriage over life course
Sample
Probability simple random sample
Respondents
N = 2034
Non Response
53% at wave 6
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Generally speaking; how would you say, you are these days.....?
1  very happy
2  pretty happy
3  not too happy
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-v-3-ca
Author's label:
life happiness
Remarks:
T1 level of happines.
Reported on range 0-2: M = 1,41, SD = 0,57
Tranformed to range 1-3 by WDH team
Page in publication:
215
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.41 -
SD:
- -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Marital happiness: earlier and later