Study

Publication
Author(s)	Orden, S.R.; Bradburn, N.M.
Title	Dimensions of Marriage Happiness.
Source	American Journal of Sociology, 1968, Vol. 73, 715 - 731
URL	https://www.jstor.org/stable/2775777?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
Investigation
Public	Married people,USA, metropolitan areas, 1963-1965
	- husbands and wives, not couples - 4 communities: 2 within the Detroit metropolitan area; 1 from the Chicago and Washington metropolitan areas; 1 from the ten largest metropolitan areas in the United States
	1963-1964
Survey name	Not available
	Third Wave, 1965, of a longitudinal study by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC),
Sample	Probability area sample
Respondents N =	1738
	781 husbands; 957 wives
Non Response	not reported
Assesment	Interview: face-to-face
	1. Individual own assessment (self report) 2. Self-administered questionnaire read to the respondents containing an index of marriage tensions and marriage satisfactions
Happiness measure(s) used

Full text	Selfreport on single question: Taking all together, how would you say things are these days? Would you say you are .....? 3 very happy 2 pretty happy 1 not too happy
Classification	O-HL-c-sq-v-3-a
Author's label	Overall happiness
Page in publication	730
Finding used in nation ranks	Yes

Full text	Selfreport on 18 questions: How have things been going in the past few weeks? Please tick one of the two boxes for each of the questions below: A Have you been annoyed with someone? B Have you ever felt lonely or remote from people? C Have you ever felt that things were going your way? D Have you ever felt very worried E Have you ever felt pleased because you've got friends? F Have you ever been afraid of what might happen? G Have you ever felt particularly excited or interested in something? H Have you ever felt depressed or unhappy? I Have you ever been full of energy? J Have you ever felt really tired? K Have you ever felt so restless that you could not sit long in a chair? L Have you ever felt that you were really enjoying yourself? M Have you ever felt really cheerful? N Have you ever felt like crying? O Have you ever felt at the top of the world? P Have you ever felt confident about the future? Q Have you ever felt bored? R Have you ever felt pleased about having accomplished something? Rated: 0: no 1: yes Computation: (C+E+G+I+L+M+O+P+R) - (A+B+D+F+H+J+K+N+Q) Name: Bradburn's Affect Balance Scale: extended version
Classification	A-AB-cm-mq-v-2-a
Author's label	Psychological Well-Being
Page in publication	715
Finding used in nation ranks	Yes