Shamir (1985): study IL 1983 /1

Publication

Author(s):

Shamir, B.

Title:

Sex Differences in Psychological Adjustment to Unemployment and Reemployment: A Question of Commitment, Alternatives or Finance?

Source:

Social Problems, 1985, Vol. 33, 67 - 79

Investigation

Public:

27-47 aged academics, unemployed and reemployed, Israel, 1983

Sample:

Respondents:

N = 432

Non Response:

61,5 %

Assessment:

Questionnaire: paper
Mailed questionnaire

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:

Self report on single question:

"On the whole, how is your general mood these days....?"
1  bad almost all the time
2  
3
4
5  good almost all the time"

Classification:

A-AOL-c-sq-v-5-d

Author's label:

General morale

Observed distribution

Summary Statistics

On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10

Mean:

3.60 6.40

SD:

0.94 -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Employment status Unemployed involuntary
Became unemployed
Becamet (re)employed Male sex Sexe: male (vs female)