Family Life and the Pursuit of Happiness
| Autor: | Joan Aldous, Rodney Ganey |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
| Předmět: |
Black women
Gerontology White (horse) media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 050109 social psychology Family life Race (biology) Marital satisfaction 050903 gender studies Happiness 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences 0509 other social sciences Psychology Social Sciences (miscellaneous) Demography media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Family Issues. 20:155-180 |
| ISSN: | 1552-5481 0192-513X |
| DOI: | 10.1177/019251399020002001 |
| Popis: | The General Social Surveys for the years 1972 to 1993 provide the data for examining the reported happiness of U.S. adults according to race and gender. The study looks at the comparative happiness of Blacks and Whites and, within each race, the factors contributing to the happiness of women and men. There have been few previous studies of the happiness of Blacks, and those on the well-being of Whites have resulted in the anomalous finding, given the gender stratification hierarchy, that women generally report being happier than men. As predicted, the findings showed Whites to be generally happier than Blacks, and White women to be somewhat happier than White men. Also as predicted, family and other inter-personal ties were more important for White women's happiness than for White men's happiness. Marital satisfaction also contributed more to the satisfaction of married Black women than married Black men. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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