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 happiness rating

Our Classification

Distribution

N= 3:60%; 2:36%; 1:3%

Operationalization

Self-report on single question:
Taking all things together, would you say your marriage is
3: very happy        
2: pretty happy      
1: not too happy

Observed Relation with Happiness