print

Correlational findings

Study Kalmuss et al. (1992): study US 1989

Public
Unmarried teenage mothers, USA, 1989-1990
Sample
Respondents
N = 527
Non Response
>10%
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Correlate

Authors's Label
living in maternity residences
Our Classification
Remarks
The large proportion of Ss who lived in maternity residence limits the generalizability of findings
Distribution
75% respondents lived in maternity residence
Operationalization
lived in maternity residence while pregnant
0: no
1: yes

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SL?-?-sq-v-4-a b = +.09 ns B controlled for:
- pregnancy resolution (parenters/placers)
- age in years
- race (black/white)
- lived with both parents at age 14
- high schoool graduate
- received public assistance