Miller et al. (1991): study US 1956
Publication
- Author(s):
- Miller, M.L.; Dempster-McClain, D.; Moen, P.
- Title:
- Motherhood, Multiple Roles, and Maternal Well-Being: Women of the 1950 s.
- Source:
- Gender and Society, 1991, Vol. 5, 565 - 582
Investigation
- Public
- White married mothers with children under age 13, USA 1956
- Sample
- Probability stratified sample
- Respondents
- N = 356
- Non Response
- Assessment
-
Interview: face-to-face
and questionnaire.
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on 3 questions:
A
How often do you find yourself feeling disappointed about the ways things have turned out for you?
1 often
2 sometimes
3 hardly ever
B
All in all, how much happiness would you say you find in your life today?
1 almost none
2 some
3 a good deal
C
On the whole, how satisfied would you say you are with your life today?
1 not very satisfied
2 fairly satisfied
3 very satisfied
Summation: A+B+C/3 - Classification:
- M-CO-*-mq-v-3-a
- Author's label:
- general life satisfaction
- Page in publication:
- 568
- Error estimates:
- Cronbach alpha: .62
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.69 -
- SD:
- 0.36 -