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Correlational findings

Study Miller et al. (1991): study US 1956

Public
White married mothers with children under age 13, USA 1956
Sample
Respondents
N = 356
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
and questionnaire.

Correlate

Authors's Label
Employment
Our Classification
Distribution
0 = 82%, 1 = 18%
Operationalization
Single question: do you now work for pay?
0: no
1: yes: full or part-time

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks M-CO-*-mq-v-3-a Beta = -.05 ns Betas controled for:
- age
- education
- husband's occupation (professional or not)
- life-cycle stage (child under age 6 or not)
- number of children
- number of non-work roles
M-CO-*-mq-v-3-a Beta = ns Unaffected by interactions between:
- other roles and employment
- other roles and husband's occupation
- employment and husband's occupation