Bookwala & Schulz (1996): study US 1991

Publication

Author(s):

Bookwala, J.; Schulz, R.

Title:

Spousal Similarity in Subjective Well-Being: The Cardiovascular Health Study.

Source:

Psychology and Aging, 1996, Vol. 11, 582 - 590

Investigation

Public

65+ aged couples, United States, 1991

Survey name

Unnamed study

Sample

Probability stratified 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.

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:

Self report on single question:

How do you feel about your life as a whole?
6  delighted
5
4
3
2
1 terrible

Labels of other response options not reported

Classification:

O-DT-u-sq-v-6-a

Author's label:

Feelings about life as a whole

Page in publication:

584-585

Observed distribution

Summary Statistics

On original range 1 - 6 On range 0-10

Mean:

4.82 -

SD:

0.80 -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Happiness of spouce Happiness of spouse
Happiness of spouse Total variance Summed socio-demographic factors only
Summed socio-demographic + life-appraisals
Summed socio-demographic + health
Summed socio-demographic + life-events
Summed socio-demographic + health + life events
Summed socio-demographic + life appraisals + life events Gender Sexe: male (vs female)