Table 3.
Weighted Seemingly Unrelated Regression Models Predicting Life Satisfaction and Momentary Happiness, by Own and Spouse’s Marital Quality Appraisals and Control Variables, Among Husbands and Wives in the Disability and Use of Time Supplement to the Panel Study of Income Dynamics
| Predictor | Life satisfaction (n = 361) | Momentary happy mood (n = 1,920) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Husbands | Wives | Husbands | Wives | |
| Marital quality | ||||
| Actor | 0.45** | 0.67*** | 0.42*** | 0.40*** |
| (0.16) | (0.11) | (0.09) | (0.10) | |
| Partner | 0.19 | 0.19 | −0.11 | −0.00 |
| Actor characteristics | ||||
| Age | ||||
| 70–79 husbands/60–69 wives | 0.07 | −0.15 | 0.22 | 0.19 |
| (0.15) | (0.15) | (0.16) | (0.18) | |
| 80+ husbands /70+ wives | −0.02 | 0.18 | 0.20 | 0.22 |
| (0.22) | (0.19) | (0.23) | (0.22) | |
| Completed education (in years) | −0.06* | −0.06* | −0.05* | −0.04 |
| (0.03) | (0.02) | (0.02) | (0.02) | |
| Race: Black vs. non-Black | 0.49 | 0.31 | 0.49** | 0.13 |
| (0.30) | (0.24) | (0.19) | (0.24) | |
| Second or higher order marriage | −0.11 | 0.43* | 0.07 | 0.27 |
| (0.15) | (0.18) | (0.14) | (0.18) | |
| Has any children | −0.10 | 0.15 | 0.01 | 0.21 |
| (0.21) | (0.14) | (0.15) | (0.16) | |
| Has a disability | −0.21** | −0.31 | −0.18 | −0.21 |
| (0.07) | (0.16) | (0.10) | (0.12) | |
| Self-rated ill health | −0.16* | −0.19** | −0.14** | −0.02 |
| (0.06) | (0.06) | (0.05) | (0.05) | |
| Partner characteristics | ||||
| Age | ||||
| 60–69 wives/70–79 husbands | −0.06 | −0.05 | 0.10 | 0.40** |
| (0.14) | (0.16) | (0.13) | (0.12) | |
| 80+ husbands /70+ wives | −0.18 | −0.10 | −0.16 | 0.30 |
| (0.20) | (0.22) | (0.19) | (0.18) | |
| Has a disability | 0.00 | 0.02 | −0.02 | −0.26* |
| (0.11) | (0.11) | (0.10) | (0.12) | |
| Self-rated ill health | −0.04 | −0.16** | 0.01 | 0.04 |
| (0.05) | (0.04) | (0.06) | (0.05) | |
| Couple characteristics | ||||
| Income 2008 | ||||
| 25th to 50th percentile | 0.34* | 0.06 | 0.05 | −0.10 |
| (0.15) | (0.16) | (0.14) | (0.15) | |
| 50th to 75th percentile | −0.02 | 0.08 | −0.08 | −0.01 |
| (0.19) | (0.16) | (0.16) | (0.16) | |
| 75th to 100th percentile | 0.15 | 0.10 | −0.17 | −0.29 |
| (0.16) | (0.17) | (0.18) | (0.17) | |
| Wealth 2009 | ||||
| 2nd quartile | 0.84*** | 0.08 | 0.44* | −0.15 |
| (0.14) | (0.18) | (0.17) | (0.16) | |
| 3rd quartile | 0.92*** | 0.16 | 0.31 | −0.08 |
| (0.12) | (0.13) | (0.18) | (0.17) | |
| 4th quartile | 0.80*** | −0.04 | 0.23 | 0.07 |
| (0.13) | (0.14) | (0.20) | (0.17) | |
| Marital duration (years ) | −0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | −0.00 |
| (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | |
| Activity characteristics | ||||
| Activity done… | ||||
| On the weekend (vs. weekday) | 0.05 | 0.07 | ||
| (0.07) | (0.07) | |||
| With the spouse (vs. alone or with someone else) | 0.22* | 0.09 | ||
| (0.10) | (0.09) | |||
| At home (vs. away from home) | −0.21* | −0.08 | ||
| (0.09) | (0.11) | |||
| Type of activity (/this activity) | ||||
| Self-maintenance | 0.17 | −0.09 | ||
| (0.19) | (0.18) | |||
| Eating | 0.11 | 0.21 | ||
| (0.17) | (0.14) | |||
| Working for pay | −0.32 | −0.37* | ||
| (0.19) | (0.19) | |||
| Shopping for food | −0.59* | −0.48 | ||
| (0.29) | (0.31) | |||
| Shopping for other goods | −0.48* | −0.31 | ||
| (0.23) | (0.22) | |||
| Preparing food | 0.35 | −0.23 | ||
| (0.20) | (0.23) | |||
| Doing household chores | −0.08 | −0.37 | ||
| (0.24) | (0.19) | |||
| Doing household maintenance | −0.07 | −0.83** | ||
| (0.16) | (0.31) | |||
| Managing finances | −0.48* | −0.30 | ||
| (0.21) | (0.24) | |||
| Caring for others | 0.02 | −0.01 | ||
| (0.21) | (0.20) | |||
| Socializing | 0.13 | 0.06 | ||
| (0.16) | (0.17) | |||
| Watching TV/movies | 0.00 | −0.32 | ||
| (0.16) | (0.17) | |||
| Doing other non-active leisure activities | 0.08 | −0.13 | ||
| (0.19) | (0.15) | |||
| Doing active leisure activities | 0.09 | 0.15 | ||
| (0.18) | (0.19) | |||
| Doing religious organization activities | 0.27 | 0.13 | ||
| (0.15) | (0.20) | |||
| Doing other organization activities | −0.86** | −0.75 | ||
| (0.22) | (0.46) | |||
| Using the computer | 0.03 | −0.44 | ||
| (0.18) | (0.24) | |||
| Traveling | Omitted | Omitted | ||
| Actor-specific intercept | 3.81*** | 3.37*** | 4.66*** | 4.09*** |
| (0.62) | (0.68) | (0.55) | (0.67) | |
| ρ | .15 (.07) | .06 (.04) | ||
Note: Unless otherwise noted, table values are unstandardized regression coefficients. Numbers in parentheses are standard errors.
*
p < .05.
**
p < .01.
***
p < .001.