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

Wife's employment status

Our Classification

Distribution

Wife's part-time employment:
Wives: Mean: 0.20, SD: 0.40
Husbands: Mean: 0.22, SD: 0.42

Wife's full-time employment:
Wives: Mean: 0.25, SD: 0.43
Husbands: Mean: 0.27, SD: 0.45

Operationalization

Selfreport on a 3-proposals single question by asking whether the wife worked for money:
a: no
b: yes, but less than 35 hours per week
c: yes, 35 hours per week or more

Observed Relation with Happiness