Mahler (1994): study US 1994
Publication
- Author(s):
- Mahler, S.R.
- Title:
- A Comparison of Single and Married Working Parents' Agency and Desire for Money.
- Source:
- Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 1994, Vol. 22, 73 - 86
Investigation
- Public
- Working parents, United States of America, 1994
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Non-probability self-selected
- Respondents
- N = 227
- Non Response
- Assessment
-
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
12-page questionnaire
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on two questions:
A "Taking all things together, how would you say you are these days ? Would you say you are......"
3 very happy
2 pretty happy
1 not too happy
B in general how satisfying do you find the way you are
spending your life these days? Would you call it ........"
3 completely satisfying
2 pretty satisfying
1 not very satisfying
Summation: A+B - Classification:
- O-Sum-c-mq-v-5-a
- Author's label:
- Well-being
- Remarks:
- Single mothers M = 3,0
Married mothers M = 3,2
Single fathers M = 3,1
Married fathers M = 3,2 - Page in publication:
- 80
- Error estimates:
- Internal consistency of the two-item measure was 0,72.
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 2 - 6 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.14 -
- SD:
- - -
Correlational Findings
Single parent
Self perceived decisiveness
Masculine (vs feminine)