Study Ferree (1984): study US 1971
- Public
- White married women, USA, 1971-76
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 2541
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Husband's job status
- Our Classification
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- Distribution
- Husband with white collar job: N=313, Husband with blue collar job: N =283
- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Social economic status of the husband:
1 Working class: husband employed in a blue-collar job
2 Middle class: husband employed in a white-collar husband:
Observed Relation with Happiness
White collar husbands M = 5,90
Blue collar husbands M = 5,69
Difference +0,21
Housewives
White collar husbands M = 5,89
Blue collar husbands M = 5,76
Difference + 0,13
White collar husbands M = 1,91
Blue collar husbands M = 1,64
Difference +0,25
Housewives
White collar husbands M = 1,76
Blue collar husbands M = 1,54
Difference +0,22
B's controlled for:
- Age
- N of children
- Size of place
- Having child < 6
- Employment
- Education
- Family income
- Respondents present or last job status
- Social desirability
- Time pressure
reversed coding in paper : 1 = completely satisfied, 7 = completely dissatisfied
1= very happy, 3 = not too happy