Study Berry & Williams (1987): study US Indiana 1986

Public

Couples, Indiana, USA, 1986

Survey name

Unnamed study

Sample

Respondents

N = 265

Non Response

36% of the eligibles

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face
Personal interview for one spouse + additional questionnaires for the other spouse and adolescent(s)

Correlate

Authors's Label

Family income

Our Classification

Distribution

Wives: Mean: 9.29, SD: 1.54
Husbands: Mean: 9.36, SD: 1.55

Operationalization

total income received during the year before taxes

Selreport on 1 of 12 levels ranging:
from 'no income'
.
.
.
to '$50,000 or more'

Observed Relation with Happiness