Publication |
Author(s) | Berry, R.E.; Williams, F.L. |
Title | Assessing the Relationship between Quality of Life and Marital and Income Satisfaction: A Path-Analytic Approach. |
Source | Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1987, Vol. 49, 107 -116 |
Investigation |
Public | Couples, Indiana, USA, 1986 |
| Family consisting of husband, wife, and at least one child under 19 years of age |
Survey name | Unnamed study |
Sample | Probability area sample |
| to be eligible, respondents had to be part of a family consisting of husband, wife, and at least one child under 19 years of age |
Respondents N = | 265 |
| N in units of individuals and family
metropolitan area: N = 134
nonmetropolitan location: N = 131 |
Non Response | 36% of the eligibles |
Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
| Personal interview for one spouse + additional questionnaires for the other spouse and adolescent(s) |
General remarks | assumed, not explicitly reported |
Happiness measure(s) used |
Author's label | | Our subject description |
Communication | show | Intimacy with spouse |
Family income | show | Household income |
Net worth | show | Current possessions |
Perceived future security | show | Attitudes to planning |
Perceived future security | show | Satisfaction with financial security, also classified as above ↑ |
Personal management (magagement procedures) | show | Current leadership behavior |
Personal management (magagement procedures) | show | Household management, also classified as above ↑ |
Satisfaction with family income | show | Satisfaction with income |
Satisfaction with spouse | show | Own attitudes to spouse |
Satisfaction with spouse | show | Satisfaction with marriage, also classified as above ↑ |
Value rank agreement | show | Heterogeneity of marriage-partners |
Value rank agreement | show | Similarity of own values with others, also classified as above ↑ |
Value rank agreement | show | Similarity with spouse, also classified as above ↑ |
Wife's employment status | show | Employment of spouse |
Wife's employment status | show | Full-time home maker, also classified as above ↑ |
Wife's employment status | show | Full-time vs part-time, also classified as above ↑ |
Wife's employment status | show | Work hours of spouce, also classified as above ↑ |
Years married | show | Length of current marriage |