Study Headey et al. (1991): study AU AU Victoria 1981

Public:

18-65 aged, general public, Victoria, Australia, followed 1981-1987

Sample:

Respondents:

N = 942

Non Response:

Assessment:

Questionnaire: paper

Correlate

Authors's Label

Marriage

Our Classification

Remarks

Panel analysis over four waves (1981, 1983, 1985, 1987) which estimates following effects - bottom up: effect of marital satisfaction on life satisfaction - topdown: effect of life satisfaction on marital satisfaction - contemporaneous: within wave correlation - lagged: over time (waves) correlation

Operationalization

Index of 3 single questions on satisfaction with:
a: Your wife/husband
b: Your marriage
c: Your sex life
All scored on a 1-9 D-T rating scale, summation by average.

Observed Relation with Happiness