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Correlational findings

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.