Hawkins & Booth (2005): study US 1980
Publication
- Author(s):
- Hawkins, D.N.; Booth, A.
- Title:
- Unhappily Ever After: Effects of Long-Term, Low-Quality Marriages on Well-Being.
- Source:
- Social Forces, 2005, Vol. 84, 451 - 471
Investigation
- Public
- Couples, USA, followed 12 years, 1980-1992
- Survey name
- US-Longitudinal study Instability of marriage over life course
- Sample
- Probability simple random sample
- Respondents
- N = 1150
- Non Response
- 35%
- Assessment
- Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
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 - Classification:
- O-HL-c-sq-v-3-ad
- Author's label:
- Overall happiness
- Remarks:
- Assessed at T1 (1980) and T4 (1992)
- Page in publication:
- 456
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.41 7.05
- SD:
- 0.57 2.85
Correlational Findings
Satisfaction with multiple domains of life
Evaluation of self-as-a-whole
Later mental health
Scores on symptom inventories
Later physical health
Self-perceived health
Satisfaction with marriage
Later satisfaction with current marriage
Recent dissolution of marriage
Later dissolution of marriage
Recent re-marriage
Later re-marriage
Later single after divorce
Long term happiness (< 10 years ago)
Time trend of happiness in males and females
White race
Years schooling
Household income
Number of children
Step children
Remarried