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Correlational findings

Study Bookwala & Schulz (1996): study US 1991

Public
65+ aged couples, United States, 1991
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Respondents
N = 1040
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
Participants completed a structured interview and the interviews were conducted separately with each spouse.

Correlate

Authors's Label
Gender
Our Classification
Operationalization
1 males   (husbands)
0 females (wives)

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-DT-u-sq-v-6-a DM = + p < .001 Husbands      M= 4.89 SD= 0.79
Wifes         M= 4.74 SD= 0.80
-difference     +0.15  p<.001