Study Orden & Bradburn (1968): study US 1963

Public

Married people,USA, metropolitan areas, 1963-1965

Sample

Respondents

N = 1738

Non Response

not reported

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face
1. Individual own assessment (self report) 2. Self-administered questionnaire read to the respondents containing an index of marriage tensions and marriage satisfactions

Correlate

Authors's Label

Marriage sociability

Our Classification

Distribution

N= 0:8%; 1:15%; 2:24%; 3:28%; 4:26%

Operationalization

A.Self-report on following single questions about things married couples do together; which of the following activities have you done together in the past few weeks:
- visited friends together
- entertained friends in your home
- gone out together- movie, bowling, sporting, or other entertainment
- ate out in a restaurant together

B.The constructed Marriage Adjustment Balance Scale ratings(MABS) i.e.a 4 item index of questions on shared activities in the past few weeks
- visited friends together
- gone out together to movie etc.
- entertained friends
- ate out in restaurants
Each question rated yes/no

Classified on a 0-4 scale

Observed Relation with Happiness