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Studies

Glenn & Weaver (1981a): study US 1973

Publication

Author(s):
Glenn, N.D.; Weaver, C.N.
Title:
The Contribution of Marital Happiness to Global Happiness.
Source:
Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1981, Vol. 43, 161-168

Investigation

Public
Marrieds, USA, 1973-78
Sample
Respondents
N = 9000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
Highly structured

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taken all together, how would you say things are these days?   Would you say that you are....?
3  very happy
2  pretty happy
1  not too happy
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa
Author's label:
Reported global happiness

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Marital happiness