Deck 9: Marital Happiness

Question 1

Between 1972 and 2000, the percentage of GSS respondents who described their marriages as very happy

A)decreased
B)increased
C)remained the same.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

With regard to marital happiness, males with children under age 18

A)are less happily married than males with no children.
B)are more happily married than males with no children.
C)are more happily married than males with grown children.
D)do not have a statistically significant difference in marital happiness in comparison with males with fewer or no children.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Based on the results in Chapter 9, discuss three things you would advise a married couple to do to increase their likelihood of having a happy marriage?

Answer 3

no answer

Question 4

In comparison to people who have never been divorced, those who have previously been divorced

A)are more likely to describe their current marriage as very happy.
B)are less likely to describe their current marriage as very happy.
C)have about the same level of marital happiness.

Question 5

One of the primary difficulties researchers have in studying marital happiness is that

A)people are often reluctant to admit that they are not happy with their marriages.
B)people tend to exaggerate the problems in their marriages.
C)marital happiness fluctuates dramatically from day to day.
D)most people refuse to answer questions about their marriages.

Question 6

According the results in Chapter 9 using the GLOBAL data file,

A)there is a positive correlation between personal happiness and satisfaction with family life.
B)there is a positive correlation between personal happiness and the importance people place on the family.
C)there is a positive correlation between satisfaction with family life and the importance people place on the family.
D)all of the above

Question 7

There is a _____________ correlation between %MUSLIM and satisfaction with family life and a _______________ correlation between %CHRISTIAN and satisfaction with family life.

A)positive; negative
B)negative; positive
C)positive; positive
D)negative; negative

Question 8

A majority of the respondents in the General Social Survey described their marriages as

A)not too happy.
B)pretty happy.
C)very happy.
D)the responses were equally divided among all three categories

Question 9

Based on the results in Chapter 9, summarize how family life in the United States compares to family life in other countries? How would you explain these results?

Question 10

Respondents from the _____________ economic class were the least likely to describe their marriages as very happy.

A)lower
B)middle
C)upper
D)none of the above - there is not a statistically significant relationship between marital happiness and economic status

Question 11

In Chapter 9, the effect of children on marital happiness was examined separately for males and females.This means that 1) SEX was used as

A)the independent variable.
B)the dependent variable. c control variable.
D)a spurious variable.

Question 12

According to the results in Chapter 9, which of the following is related to marital happiness?

A)gender role attitudes about whether married women should be employed
B)whether both spouses are employed or just one spouse is employed
C)a person's physical health
D)all of the above are related to marital happiness

Question 13

The United States rates in the top ten countries with regard to

A)personal happiness
B)satisfaction with home life
C)the importance people place on their family life
D)all of the above
E)none of the above

Question 14

Overall, religious practices within nations are most related to

A)the satisfaction people feel with their home life.
B)personal happiness.
C)the importance people attach to the family.
D)all of the above are equally influenced by religious practices

Question 15

Which of the following statements about the relationship between income marital happiness is (are) supported by the results in Chapter 9?

A)Social class affects marital happiness but a change in income does not.
B)A change in income affects marital happiness but social class does not.
C)Both social class and a change in income can affect marital happiness.
D)Neither social class nor a change in income are likely to affect marital happiness.

Question 16

With regard to marital happiness, females with children under age 18

A)are less happily married than females with no children.
B)are more happily married than females with no children.
C)are more happily married than females with grown children.
D)do not have a statistically significant difference in marital happiness in comparison with females with fewer or no children.