Entry:

Tamney, Joseph B., "Community Size and the Happiness of Remarried People," Paper presented to the North Central Sociological Association, 1989.


Abstract:

Among married persons, those who remarried after being widowed are the happiest. Only for those married once does community size positively relate to marital happiness.

GSS Years:

1987

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
SEX

RESPONDENTS SEX

AGE

AGE OF RESPONDENT

RACE

RACE OF RESPONDENT

DEGREE

RS HIGHEST DEGREE

MARITAL

MARITAL STATUS

RELIG

RS RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE

DENOM

SPECIFIC DENOMINATION

OTHER

OTHER PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS

REGION

REGION OF INTERVIEW

DIVORCE

EVER BEEN DIVORCED OR SEPARATED

WIDOWED

EVER BEEN WIDOWED

SRCBELT

SRC BELTCODE

HAPMAR

HAPPINESS OF MARRIAGE