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
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GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document: |
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Variable Name |
Variable Label |
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| 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 |