Correlational findings | World Database of Happiness

Study Holland-Benin & Cable-Nienstedt (1985): study US 1978

Public: Married persons, non-institutionalized, USA, 1978-83
Sample
Respondents: N = 3050
Non Response: ?
Assessment: Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview

Correlate

Authors's Label

Job satisfaction

Our Classification

Operationalization

Single direct question:'On the whole, how satisfied are you with the work you do?'(Asked housewives as well)

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure

Statistics

Elaboration / Remarks

O-HL-u-sq-v-3-h

OR = s

Linked to 'unhappy'responses stronger than to 'happy' ones.

Largely unaffected by marital satisfaction.
Yet interaction with marital satisfaction in relation to 'happy' reponses among working wives and their husbands and in relation to 'unhappy' responses among housewives.