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Correlational findings

Study Alston et al. (1976): study US 1973

Public
White couples USA 1973-1975
Survey name
US-GSS
Sample
Respondents
N = 2840
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Interfaith marriage
Our Classification
Distribution
N = 0: 2344, 1: 493
Operationalization
Homogenous couples are respondents whose spouses are within the same faith, while heterogenous couples are respondents whose spouses are of a different faith.
0 homogenous
1 heterogenous

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa DM = - Homogenous marriage   M = 2.37
Heterogenous marriage M = 2.27
- difference             -0,10
O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa G = -.16 p < .0016