| Publication | |
| Author(s) | Ward, R.A. |
| Title | The Never-Married in Later Life. |
| Source | Journal of Gerontology, 1979, Vol. 34, 861 - 869 |
| Investigation | |
| Public | 50+ aged, USA, 1972-1977 |
| 1972-1977 | |
| Survey name | Not available |
| Pooled General Social Surveys 1972 -1977 | |
| Sample | Probability multistage stratified area sample |
| 50+ aged selected from pooled probability sample of the non-institutionalized population of the continental U.S. | |
| Respondents N = | 3557 |
| Non Response | Not available |
| Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
| Happiness measure(s) used | |
| Full text | Selfreport on single question: Taken all things together, how would you say things are these days. Would you say you were.…? 1 not too happy 2 pretty happy 3 very happy |
| Classification | O-HL-c-sq-v-3-ag |
| Author's label | Global happiness |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| Author's label | Our subject description | |
| Education | show | Level of school-education |
| Family income in the previous year | show | Household income |
| Health | show | Global health rating |
| Marital status | show | Married state (compared to non-married states) |
| Marital status | show | Married vs divorced, also classified as above ↑ |
| Marital status | show | Married vs never married, also classified as above ↑ |
| Marital status | show | Married vs separated , also classified as above ↑ |
| Marital status | show | Married vs widowed, also classified as above ↑ |
| Number of groups belonged to | show | Membership of voluntary organizations |
| Retirement | show | Current status: retired or not |
| Satisfaction with family life | show | Satisfaction with family-life |
| Satisfaction with friendships | show | Satisfaction with friends |
| Social contacts | show | Current contacts |