Study Abbey et al. (1994): study US 1988

Public

Infertile couples and matched controls, followed 3 years, USA 1988-1990

Survey name

Unnamed study

Sample

Respondents

N = 496

Non Response

20%

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face
at T1 face-to-face, at T2 and T3 by telephone

Correlate

Authors's Label

Personal control

Our Classification

Error Estimates

Cronbach alpha at T3: .80

Remarks

Assessed at T1(1988) and T3 (1990)

Related specification variables

Operationalization

Self report on 5 questions such as;
- I can run my life pretty much the way I want to

Rated: strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (5)

Observed Relation with Happiness