Study Hill & Dorfman (1982): study US 1977

Public

Housewives whose husbands had retired within past two years. USA, 197?

Survey name

Unnamed study

Sample

Respondents

N = 36

Non Response

12%

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face
semi-structured interview

Correlate

Authors's Label

Joint decision-making

Our Classification

Error Estimates

inter-rater reliablility : 0.85

Operationalization

self-report in open-ended question on proportion of decisions made jointly by the couples.

a. trips
b. entertainment
c. finances

Observed Relation with Happiness