| Publication |
| Author(s) | Nock, S.L. |
| Title | Family Life-Cycle Transitions: Longitudinal Effects on Family Members. |
| Source | Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1981, Vol. 43, 703 -714 |
| Investigation |
| Public | 16+ aged working force, USA, followed 5 years, 1973-1977 |
| Collect period | 1-2 |
| Last assesment | 1977 |
| | T1: January/February 1973, T2 1977 |
| Survey name | Not available |
| | Quality of Employment Surveys |
| Sample | Probability area sample |
| | Within households one person of 16 years or older and working 20 or more hours or temporarily unemployed was interviewed
Because the sample only includes members of the labor force, it has an under representation of women, especially married women. (62 % males) |
| Respondents N = | 963 |
| | T1:1455
T2: 1086 |
| Non Response | Not available |
| Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
| Happiness measure(s) used |
| Author's label | Subject Code
Finding | Subject description |
| Age | A04ab | Current age (in years) |
| Birth of additional child within past 5 years | C03aa02b | Birth of children |
| Birth of additional child within past 5 years | C03ab01 | Number of children, also classified as above ↑ |
| Birth of first child | C03aa02b | Birth of children |
| Divorce | M01ab02a | Recent divorce/separation |
| Education | E01ab02 | Level of school-education |
| Evaluation of happiness in 1972-1973 | H04ab01b | Past happiness ( 1 to 10 years ago) |
| Evaluation of life satisfaction in 1972-1973 | H04ab01b | Past happiness ( 1 to 10 years ago) |
| First marriage | M01ab01b | Recent marriage |
| Multiple transitions | L06aa01b | Specific earlier life-events |
| Multiple transitions | L05ab02 | Specific life-changes, also classified as above ↑ |
| Race | E04ab03t | Ethnic status in the USA |
| Remarriage | M01ab01c | Recent re-marriage |
| Sex | G01aa | Sex (male vs female) |
| Summed effects | S15ad01 | Summed effects of earlier + current conditions |
| Widowhood | M01ab02b | Recent widowhood |