Holland-Benin & Cable-Nienstedt (1985): study US 1978
Publication
- Author(s):
- Holland-Benin, M.; Cable-Nienstedt, B.
- Title:
- Happiness in Single- and Dual-Earner Families: The Effects of Marital Happiness, Job Satisfaction, and Life Cycle.
- Source:
- Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1985, Vol. 47, 975 -984
Investigation
- Public
- Married persons, non-institutionalized, USA, 1978-83
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 3050
- Non Response
- ?
- Assessment
-
Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Taken all together, how happy would you say you are? Are you......?
3 very happy
2 pretty happy
1 not so happy - Classification:
- O-HL-u-sq-v-3-h
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 7%, 2: 54.7%, 3: 38.3% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.30 4.40
- SD:
- - -