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Correlational findings

Study Headey & Veenhoven (1989): study AU AU Victoria 1981

Public
18-65 aged, general public, followed 6 years, Melbourne, Australia, 1981-87
Sample
Respondents
N = 649
Non Response
Attrition T1-T4: 31%
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Satisfaction with marriage
Our Classification
Operationalization
Index of two identical questions asked at the beginning and the end of the interview (20 minute interval)    Rated on a 9-point scale ranging from terrible (1) to delightfull (9). Assessed at T1 (1981), T2 (1983), T3 (1985) and T4 (1987).

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-DT-u-sqt-v-10-a Beta-L = +.18 p < .05 Estimated same-time causal EFFECT ON HAPPINESS of marital satisfaction (bottum-up).

 O-DT-u-sqt-v-10-a Beta-L = +.12 p < .05 Estimated same-time causal EFFECT OF HAPPINESS on marital satisfaction (top-down).

Effects assessed at T1, T2, T3 and T4.    
Effects assumed to be identical at all times.
ßL is the path-coefficient in a four wave LISREL model. T1 sex, age, SES, extraversion and neuroticism are controlled.