Entry:

Zollar, Ann Creighton and Williams, J. Sherwood, "The Contribution of Marriage to the Life Satisfaction of Black Adults," Journal of Marriage and the Family, 49 (February, 1987), 87-92.


Abstract:

Married black persons tend to be happier than unmarried black persons. This relationship holds regardless of age, education, or structure of the respondent’s family at age sixteen.

GSS Years:

1972-1984

Other Data Sets:

Census 1970, 1982, 1983

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
RACE

RACE OF RESPONDENT

HAPPY

GENERAL HAPPINESS

MARITAL

MARITAL STATUS

SEX

RESPONDENTS SEX

AGE

AGE OF RESPONDENT

EDUC

HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED

FAMILY16

LIVING WITH PARENTS WHEN 16 YRS OLD