Shapiro & Lambert (1999): study US 1987
Publication
- Author(s):
- Shapiro, A.; Lambert, J.D.
- Title:
- Longitudinal Effects of Divorce on the Quality of the Father-Child Relationship and on Fathers' Psychological Well-Being.
- Source:
- Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1999, Vol. 61, 397 - 408
Investigation
- Public
- Fathers of child below age 19, USA, followed 5 years 1987 - 1994
- Survey name
- US-NSFH combined waves
- Sample
- Selection from general population sample
- Respondents
- N = 844
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Next are some questions about how you see yourself and your life. Taking all things together, how would you say things are these days?
1 very unhappy
2
3
4
5
6
7 very happy - Classification:
- O-HL-c-sq-n-7-b
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Remarks:
- Question (full text and rating range) copied from the codebook at NSFH website.
T1: M[(5.35*33 + 5.08*82 + 5.57*729)/844] = 5.51
T2: M[(4.56*33 + 5.27*82 + 5.36*729)/844] = 5.32 - Page in publication:
- 401
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 5.40 7.33
- SD:
- - -
Correlational Findings
Time since event
Becoming a single parent
Single parent
Change in family of procreation
Child lives not in own household
Single parent living with children
Becoming a single parent