Test

Research Question

Null Hypothesis

Chi-square

Is there a relationship
between happiness in
marriage and bing
married and not
wanting more
children?

There is not a
relationship between
happiness in
marriage and being
married and not
wanting more
children?

T-Test

There is not a
Is there a relationship relationship between
between giving birth giving birth control to
control to an teen and an teen and the
the number of
number of children
children you have?
you have.

Pearson r
(Coorelation)

There is not a
Is there a relationship relationship between
between the number the number of
of siblings you have siblings you have and
and the number of
the number of
children you have?
children you have.

Alternative Hypothesis

There is a relationship
between happiness in
marriage and bing married
and not wanting more
children?

Independent Variable

Married-wants no more
children (nominal)

Birth Control to Teenager 14There is a relationship

16
between giving birth control
to an teen and the number of
children you have.

Number of Brother and Sisters

There is a relationship
between the number of
siblings you have and the
number of children you have.

Dependent Variable

Happiness in marriage
(nominal)

Number of Children

Number of Children

GET
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DATASET NAME DataSet1 WINDOW=FRONT.
CROSSTABS
/TABLES=abnomore BY hapmar
/FORMAT=AVALUE TABLES
/STATISTICS=CHISQ
/CELLS=COUNT
/COUNT ROUND CELL.

Crosstabs
Notes
Output Created
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Data

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Case Processing Summary
Cases
Valid
N
MARRIED--WANTS NO MORE
CHILDREN * HAPPINESS OF
MARRIAGE

1122

MARRIED--WANTS NO MORE CHILDREN * HAPPINESS OF MARRIAG

Count

MARRIED--WANTS NO MORE
CHILDREN

YES
NO

Total
Chi-Square Tests
Value
Pearson Chi-Square

3.032a

Likelihood Ratio

3.008

Linear-by-Linear Association

2.966

N of Valid Cases

1122

a. 0 cells (0.0%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 13.85.

FREQUENCIES VARIABLES=abnomore hapmar

/STATISTICS=STDDEV MEAN MEDIAN
/ORDER=ANALYSIS.

Frequencies
Notes
Output Created
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Data

Active Dataset
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Missing Value Handling

Definition of Missing
Cases Used

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Resources

Processor Time
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Statistics

Valid
Missing

Mean
Median
Std. Deviation

Frequency Table
MARRIED--WANTS NO MORE CHILDREN
Valid

YES
NO
Total

Missing

IAP
DK
NA
Total

Total
HAPPINESS OF MARRIAGE
Valid

VERY HAPPY
PRETTY HAPPY
NOT TOO HAPPY
Total

Missing

IAP
DK
NA
Total

Total

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DataSet1
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3559
User-defined missing values are treated as missing.
Statistics for each table are based on all the cases
with valid data in the specified range(s) for all variables
in each table.
CROSSTABS
/TABLES=abnomore BY hapmar
/FORMAT=AVALUE TABLES
/STATISTICS=CHISQ
/CELLS=COUNT
/COUNT ROUND CELL.
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Case Processing Summary
Cases
Valid

Missing
Percent

N
31.5%

Percent
2437

68.5%

RIED--WANTS NO MORE CHILDREN * HAPPINESS OF MARRIAGE Crosstabulation

HAPPINESS OF MARRIAGE
VERY HAPPY

PRETTY HAPPY

NOT TOO HAPPY

263

164

17

433

227

18

696

391

35

Chi-Square Tests
df

Asymp. Sig. (2-sided)

2

.220

.222

.085

expected count is 13.85.

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DataSet1
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3559
User-defined missing values are treated as missing.
Statistics are based on all cases with valid data.
FREQUENCIES VARIABLES=abnomore hapmar
/STATISTICS=STDDEV MEAN MEDIAN
/ORDER=ANALYSIS.
00:00:00.09
00:00:00.08
Statistics

MARRIED--WANTS NO MORE CHILDREN

2317

HAPPINESS OF MARRIAGE
1736

1242

1823

1.55

1.44

2.00

1.00

.497

.559

MARRIED--WANTS NO MORE CHILDREN

Frequency

Percent

Valid Percent

1033

29.0

44.6

1284

36.1

55.4

2317

65.1

100.0

1163

32.7

59

1.7

20

.6

1242

34.9

3559

100.0

HAPPINESS OF MARRIAGE
Frequency

Percent

Valid Percent

1033

29.0

59.5

646

18.2

37.2

57

1.6

3.3

1736

48.8

100.0

1810

50.9

.0

12

.3

1823

51.2

3559

100.0

Total
N

Percent
3559

100.0%

Total
444
678
1122

Cumulative Percent
44.6
100.0

Cumulative Percent
59.5
96.7
100.0

RECODE pillok (1=1) (2=1) (3=2) (4=2) INTO ADPILL.

VARIABLE LABELS ADPILL 'Agree or Disagree in birth control'.
EXECUTE.
T-TEST GROUPS=ADPILL(1 2)
/MISSING=ANALYSIS
/VARIABLES=childs
/CRITERIA=CI(.95).

T-Test
Notes
Output Created

26-OCT-2014 22:43:18

Comments
Input

Data

C:\Users\Melissa\AppDat
a\Local\Microsoft\Window
s\INetCache\IE\DM2X4VI
H\gss 2008 (1).sav

Active Dataset

DataSet1

Filter

<none>

Weight

<none>

Split File

<none>

N of Rows in Working Data File

Missing Value Handling

Definition of Missing

3559
User defined missing
values are treated as
missing.

Cases Used
Statistics for each
analysis are based on the
cases with no missing or
out-of-range data for any
variable in the analysis.
Syntax
T-TEST
GROUPS=ADPILL(1 2)
/MISSING=ANALYSIS
/VARIABLES=childs
/CRITERIA=CI(.95).

Resources

Processor Time

00:00:00.09

Elapsed Time

00:00:00.09
Group Statistics

Agree or Disagree in birth control

NUMBER OF CHILDREN

AGREE

Mean
886
1.86

DISAGREE

730

2.15

Std. Deviation
1.674
1.719

Levene's Test for Equality of

Variances
F
NUMBER OF CHILDREN

Independent Samples Test

Sig.

Equal variances assumed

.033

.855

Equal variances not assumed

Notes
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Comments
Input

Data

C:\Users\Melissa\AppDat
a\Local\Microsoft\Window
s\INetCache\IE\DM2X4VI
H\gss 2008 (1).sav

Active Dataset

DataSet1

Filter

<none>

Weight

<none>

Split File

<none>

N of Rows in Working Data File

Missing Value Handling

Definition of Missing

Cases Used

3559
User-defined missing
values are treated as
missing.
Statistics are based on all
cases with valid data.

Syntax
FREQUENCIES
VARIABLES=childs
ADPILL
/STATISTICS=STDDEV
MEAN MEDIAN
/ORDER=ANALYSIS.
Resources

Processor Time

00:00:00.09

Elapsed Time

00:00:00.08

Statistics

Agree or
Disagre
e in birth
NUMBER OF CHILDREN control
N

Valid
Missing

Mean

-3.439
-3.430

Frequencies
Output Created

3555

1617

1942

1.95

1.4521

Median
Std. Deviation

2.00

1.0000

1.701

.49785

Frequency Table
NUMBER OF CHILDREN
Frequency
Valid

Percent
900
25.3

566

15.9

15.9

942

26.5

26.5

601

16.9

16.9

287

8.1

8.1

127

3.6

3.6

59

1.7

1.7

31

.9

.9

EIGHT OR MORE
Total
Missing

DK NA

Total

Valid Percent
25.3

42

1.2

1.2

3555

99.9

100.0

.1

3559

100.0

Agree or Disagree in birth control

Frequency
Valid

AGREE
DISAGREE

Missing
Total

886

Percent
24.9

Valid Percent
54.8

731

20.5

45.2

Total

1617

45.4

100.0

System

1942

54.6

3559

100.0

Std. Error Mean

.056
.064

ndent Samples Test

t-test for Equality of Means
df

Sig. (2-tailed)

Mean Difference

Std. Error
Difference

95% Confidence Interval of

the Difference
Lower

Upper

1614

.001

-.291

.085

-.457

-.125

1539.335

.001

-.291

.085

-.458

-.125

Cumulative Percent
25.3
41.2
67.7
84.6
92.7
96.3
97.9
98.8
100.0

Cumulative Percent
54.8
100.0

Correlations
Notes
Output Created

26-OCT-2014 22:49:45

Comments
Input

Data

C:\Users\Melissa\AppData\L
ocal\Microsoft\Windows\INe
tCache\IE\DM2X4VIH\gss
2008 (1).sav

Active Dataset

DataSet1

Filter

<none>

Weight

<none>

Split File

<none>

N of Rows in
Working Data File
Missing Value Handling

Definition of Missing

Cases Used

3559
User-defined missing values
are treated as missing.
Statistics for each pair of
variables are based on all
the cases with valid data for
that pair.

Syntax
CORRELATIONS
/VARIABLES=sibs childs
/PRINT=TWOTAIL NOSIG
/STATISTICS
DESCRIPTIVES
/MISSING=PAIRWISE.
Resources

Processor Time

00:00:00.11

Elapsed Time

00:00:00.09

Descriptive Statistics
Mean
NUMBER OF BROTHERS AND
SISTERS
NUMBER OF CHILDREN

Std. Deviation

3.64

3.185

3555

1.95

1.701

3555

Correlations
NUMBER OF BROTHERS
AND SISTERS
NUMBER OF CHILDREN
NUMBER OF BROTHERS AND
SISTERS

Pearson Correlation

Sig. (2-tailed)
N
NUMBER OF CHILDREN

Pearson Correlation
Sig. (2-tailed)

.217**
.000

3555
.217

**

.000

3552
1

NUMBER OF CHILDREN

3552

3555

**. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).

Frequencies
Notes
Output Created

26-OCT-2014 22:51:01

Comments
Input

Data

C:\Users\Melissa\AppData\L
ocal\Microsoft\Windows\INe
tCache\IE\DM2X4VIH\gss
2008 (1).sav

Active Dataset

DataSet1

Filter

<none>

Weight

<none>

Split File

<none>

N of Rows in
Working Data File
Missing Value Handling

Definition of Missing

Cases Used

3559
User-defined missing values
are treated as missing.
Statistics are based on all
cases with valid data.

Syntax
FREQUENCIES
VARIABLES=childs sibs
/STATISTICS=STDDEV
MEAN MEDIAN
/ORDER=ANALYSIS.
Resources

Processor Time

00:00:00.09

Elapsed Time

00:00:00.09
Statistics
NUMBER OF BROTHERS
AND SISTERS

NUMBER OF CHILDREN
N

Valid
Missing

3555

3555

Mean

1.95

3.64

Median

2.00

3.00

1.701

3.185

Std. Deviation

Frequency Table
NUMBER OF CHILDREN

Frequency
Valid

900

25.3

566

15.9

942

26.5

601

16.9

287

8.1

127

3.6

59

1.7

31

.9

42

1.2

3555

99.9

.1

3559

100.0

EIGHT OR MORE
Total
Missing

Percent

DK NA

Total

NUMBER OF BROTHERS AND SISTERS

Frequency
Valid

169

4.7

708

19.9

721

20.3

546

15.3

419

11.8

280

7.9

199

5.6

160

4.5

112

3.1

59

1.7

10

51

1.4

11

43

1.2

12

31

.9

13

16

.4

14

10

.3

15

.1

16

.1

17

.2

18

.1

19

.0

20

.1

21

.0

22

.1

27

.0

31

.0

37

.0

55

.0

3555

99.9

.1

3559

100.0

Total
Missing
Total

Percent

NA

25.3

Cumulative
Percent
25.3

15.9

41.2

26.5

67.7

16.9

84.6

8.1

92.7

3.6

96.3

1.7

97.9

.9

98.8

1.2

100.0

Valid Percent

100.0

TERS
Cumulative
Percent

Valid Percent
4.8

4.8

19.9

24.7

20.3

45.0

15.4

60.3

11.8

72.1

7.9

80.0

5.6

85.6

4.5

90.1

3.2

93.2

1.7

94.9

1.4

96.3

1.2

97.5

.9

98.4

.5

98.8

.3

99.1

.1

99.3

.1

99.4

.2

99.6

.1

99.7

.0

99.7

.1

99.8

.0

99.8

.1

99.9

.0

99.9

.0

99.9

.0

100.0

.0

100.0

100.0

Planning Table
Statistical Test

Chi-Square

Independent Variable
(Level of Measurement)
Variable number & name
Happiness in marriage (nominal)
162 - hapmar

Pearson r (correlation)

Number of Brother and Sisters

31-sibs (scale)

T-Test

Birth Control to Teenager 14-16

220-pillok (Nominal)

able
Dependent Variable
(Level of Measurement)
Variable number & name
Married-wants no more children (nominal)
213 - abnomore
Number of Children
32-childs (scale)
Number of Children
32-childs (scale)