Effect of Parenthood on Marriage, 1962-1963 (doi:10.7910/DVN/QXTB2N)

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Document Description

Citation

Title:

Effect of Parenthood on Marriage, 1962-1963

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/QXTB2N

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Date of Distribution:

2007-11-28

Version:

1

Bibliographic Citation:

Feldman, Harold, 1987, "Effect of Parenthood on Marriage, 1962-1963", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/QXTB2N, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:3:OfUTmL65aRkW+QV8CZUktA== [fileUNF]

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Effect of Parenthood on Marriage, 1962-1963

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/QXTB2N

Identification Number:

00220

Authoring Entity:

Feldman, Harold

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Distributor:

Murray Research Archive

Date of Distribution:

1987

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/QXTB2N

Study Scope

Keywords:

Social Sciences

Topic Classification:

mra, over 1000, female, male, 23-29, 30-39, not asked, mixed, 1, yes, Family, Marriage

Abstract:

This short-term longitudinal study, sometimes referred to as the First Child Study, examined the impact of the birth of the first child on the marriage of young couples. First time parents were compared with childless couples and also with couples who were having their second child. Included in the design of the study was a test of the role theory hypothesis that marital satisfaction changes as a result of parenthood. <br /><br /> The sample for this study was selected from the following: working class couples from Flint, Michigan; students and middle class couples from Ithaca, New York; and both upper and working class couples from New York City. Husbands and wives completed similar closed-ended questionnaires at three points in time: five months into the pregnancy, five weeks after the child was born, and five months after the birth.<br /><br /> In the first wave of the study, 624 wives and 577 husbands returned completed questionnaires. Data were collected from 486 husbands and 499 wives in the second wave. Finally, 465 husbands and 457 wives participated in the third wave. The questionnaires explore parental expectations before and after the birth of the child as well as changes in the dynamics of the husband-wife relationship that are related to childbearing and child-rearing.<br /><br /> The Murray Research Archive holds numeric file data from this study.

Time Period:

1960-

Date of Collection:

1962-1963

Country:

United States

Unit of Analysis:

individuals

Kind of Data:

longitudinal, field study

Methodology and Processing

Sampling Procedure:

quota sample

Mode of Data Collection:

questionnaire

Sources Statement

Data Access

Archive Where Study was Originally Stored:

Henry A. Murray Research Archive, Institute for Quantitative Social Sciences, Harvard University

Availability Status:

Available

Special Permissions:

Submission of the following <a href= "http://www.murray.harvard.edu/application" target="_blank">Application For The Use Of Data</a> is required to access the data from this study.

Restrictions:

I will use these data solely for the purposes stated in my application to use data, detailed in a written research proposal. I will honor all agreements and conditions made between the Contributor of the Data and the study participants, and between the Contributor of the Data and the Henry A. Murray Research Archive, Harvard University, as specified in the Memorandum of Agreement.

Access Authority:

<a href="mailto:mra@help.hmdc.harvard.edu">Manager of Operations</a>, the Henry A. Murray Research Archive, Institute for Quantitative Social Sciences, 1737 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

Citation Requirement:

I will include a bibliographic citation acknowledging the use of these data in any publication or presentation in which these data are used. Such citations will appear in footnotes or in the reference section of any such manuscript. I understand the guideline in "How to Cite This Dataset" described in the Summary of this study.

Deposit Requirement:

Murray Research Archive will list my publication and manuscripts on the Archive website when I submit a bibliographic citation or title of the manuscript, and indicate the Henry A. Murray Research Archive data used. Doing this will also help Henry A. Murray Research Archive to provide funding agencies with essential information about use of archival resources, to fulfill requirements of some memoranda of agreement, and to promote the broader exchange of information about research activities.

Conditions:

<b>The data are available without additional conditions other than those stated in the "Restrictions" Terms of Use above.</b><br /> <b>All applications for follow-up will require IRB approval from the applicant's home institution as well as approval from the Director of the Murray.</b>

Notes:

<div style="padding-left: 30px;"> <ul style="list-style-type: decimal;" ><li> The Murray Archive (the Distributor) has granted me a revocable license to use this dataset solely for the purposes of conducting research, and the Distributor may terminate this license at any time and for any reason. </li> <li> I will use the dataset solely for statistical analysis and reporting of aggregated information, and not for investigation of specific individuals or organizations, except when identification i s authorized in writing by the Distributor. </li> <li>I will produce no links among the Distributor’s datasets or among the Distributor’s data and other datasets that could identify individuals or organizations. </li> <li>I represent that neither I, nor anyone I know, has any prior knowledge of the possible identities of any study participants in any dataset that I am being licensed to use. </li> <li> I will not knowingly divulge any information that could be used to identify individual part icipants in the study, nor will I attempt to identify or contact any study participant, and I agree to use any precautions necessary to prevent such identification. </li> <li> I will make no use of the identity of any person or establishment discovered inadvertently. If I suspect that I might recognize or know a study participant, I will immediately inform the Distributor, and I will not use or retain a copy of data regarding that study participant. If these measures to resolve an identity disclosure are not sufficient, the Distributor may terminate my use of the dataset. </li> <li> I will not reproduce the dataset except as is necessary for my scholarly purposes. I will destroy the dataset upon the completion of my scholarly work with it. </li> <li> I will not share data from the dataset (in any form or by any means) with any third party, including other members of my research team, as I understand that all users of data must obtain the data directly from the Distributor. </li> <li> I will make appropriate acknowledgement of the contributor of the dataset as well as the Distributor in any manuscript or presentation (published or unpublished) using the citation standard documented here: <a href="http://thedata.org/citation"> http ://thedata.org/citation</a> </li> <li> THE DISTRIBUTOR MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, BY OPERATION OF LAW OR OTHERWISE, REGARDING OR RELATING TO THE DATASET. </li> </ul> </div>

Submission of the following <a href= "https://murray.harvard.edu/application" target="_blank">Application For The Use Of Data</a> is required to access the data from this study. <br /><br /> <b>The data are available without additional conditions other than those stated in the "Restrictions" Terms of Use above.</b><br /> <b>All applications for follow-up will require IRB approval from the applicant's home institution as well as approval from the Director of the Murray.</b>

Other Study Description Materials

File Description--f103934

File: 00220Feldman-Parenthood-1-Data.tab

  • Number of cases: 1209

  • No. of variables per record: 220

  • Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

Notes:

UNF:3:7C9fBuWE+w7zSSQhWLHGiA==

Wave 1 Data in Tab Delimited Format

File Description--f103936

File: 00220Feldman-Parenthood-2-Data.tab

  • Number of cases: 216

  • No. of variables per record: 563

  • Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

Notes:

UNF:3:w5grRd401GDWgwbztSG/Bw==

Wave 2 Data in Tab Delimited Format

File Description--f103935

File: 00220Feldman-Parenthood-3-Data.tab

  • Number of cases: 985

  • No. of variables per record: 256

  • Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

Notes:

UNF:3:/IUng1MbNkkWZdkEhoG6rw==

Wave 3 Data in Tab Delimited Format

Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

00220Feldman-Parenthood-1-Data.por

Text:

Wave 1 Data in SPSS Portable Format

Notes:

application/x-spss-por

Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

00220Feldman-Parenthood-2-Data.por

Text:

Wave 2 Data in SPSS Portable Format

Notes:

application/x-spss-por

Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

00220Feldman-Parenthood-3-Data.por

Text:

Wave 3 Data in SPSS Portable Format

Notes:

application/x-spss-por

Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

00220Feldman-Parenthood-Codebook.pdf

Text:

Description of coded data variables

Notes:

application/pdf

Other Study-Related Materials

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00220Feldman-Parenthood-MemoOfAgreement.pdf

Text:

Legal agreement between data depositor and Murray Archive

Notes:

application/pdf

Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

00220Feldman-Parenthood-StudyDescription.pdf

Text:

Overview: abstract, research methodology, publications, and other info.

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application/pdf