Study Hawkins & Booth (2005): study US 1980
- Public:
- Couples, USA, followed 12 years, 1980-1992
- Sample:
- Respondents:
- N = 1150
- Non Response:
- 35%
- Assessment:
- Interview: telephone (CATI)
Correlate
- Authors's label
- Unhappily married
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- An 11-item, Likert-type scale was used to assess level of marital happiness. Seven items ask about happiness with specific aspects of marriage such as understanding, agreement and faithfulness. Four items are concerned with the global satisfaction of the marriage, such as overall happiness and whether the marriage is getting better or worse.
Ss were classified as "Unhappily married" when Ss were married continuously and score below the mean marital happiness in all four times.
1 unhappily married
0 other