Study Kamp Dush et al. (2008): study US 1980 /1

Public

Married people, USA, followed 20 years 1980-2000

Survey name

US-Longitudinal study Instability of marriage over life course

Sample

Respondents

N = 2034

Non Response

53% at wave 6

Assessment

Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Correlate

Authors's Label

Equal decision making

Our Classification

Remarks

Assessed at each wave. T1-T6 difference: 20 years

Distribution

Range= 0-1, M= 0.50

Operationalization

Self report on open question:
Overall, considering all the kinds of decisions you two make, does your spouse more often have the final word, or do you?’’
1: shared decision-making
0:dominance by one spouse.

Observed Relation with Happiness