Study Bookwala & Schulz (1996): study US 1991
- Public
- 65+ aged couples, United States, 1991
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 1040
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Participants completed a structured interview and the interviews were conducted separately with each spouse.
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Happiness of spouce
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Spouses were interviewed separately
- Distribution
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Husbands M= 4.89 SD= 0.79
Wifes M= 4.74 SD= 0.80
-difference +0.15 p<.001 - Operationalization
- Self report on single question:
How do you feel about your life as a whole?
6 delighted
5
4
3
2
1 terrible
Same question answered by husbands and wives