General Social Survey, 2010

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HAPMAR IF CURRENTLY MARRIED: Taking things all together, how would you describe your marriage? Would you say that your marriage is very happy, pretty happy, or not too happy?   0) Inapplicable   1) Very happy   2) Pretty happy   3) Not too happy   8) Don't know   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Inapplicable	1152	56.4%	56.4%	-.71
Very happy	544	26.6%	83%	.4
Pretty happy	314	15.4%	98.3%	1.51
Not too happy	28	1.4%	99.7%	2.61
Don't know	2	.1%	99.8%	8.15
No answer	4	.2%	100%	9.26

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Sex Religion Race Region Political ideology

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 30 years old	31 to 44 years old	45 to 59 years old	60 to 74 years old	75 years and older	TOTAL
Inapplicable	81.1% 304	48.7% 269	49.2% 274	47.9% 183	68.0% 119	56.3% 1149
Very happy	11.7% 44	31.7% 175	30.3% 169	31.7% 121	20.0% 35	26.7% 544
Pretty happy	6.4% 24	17.8% 98	18.5% 103	18.6% 71	10.3% 18	15.4% 314
Not too happy	0.8% 3	1.3% 7	2.0% 11	1.3% 5	1.1% 2	1.4% 28
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
No answer	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.6% 1	0.2% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 375	100.0% 552	100.0% 557	100.0% 382	100.0% 175	2041

Education (I-EDUC)

	High school or less	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Inapplicable	60.1% 785	59.3% 86	50.1% 188	42.7% 93	56.4% 1152
Very happy	23.4% 306	25.5% 37	31.7% 119	37.6% 82	26.6% 544
Pretty happy	14.6% 191	13.1% 19	16.5% 62	19.3% 42	15.4% 314
Not too happy	1.5% 20	1.4% 2	1.3% 5	0.5% 1	1.4% 28
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
No answer	0.2% 3	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 1306	100.0% 145	100.0% 375	100.0% 218	2044

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Inapplicable	52.0% 463	59.8% 689	56.4% 1152
Very happy	29.1% 259	24.7% 285	26.6% 544
Pretty happy	16.9% 151	14.1% 163	15.4% 314
Not too happy	1.8% 16	1.0% 12	1.4% 28
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.1% 2
No answer	0.1% 1	0.3% 3	0.2% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 891	100.0% 1153	2044

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Inapplicable	53.4% 520	55.6% 268	45.9% 17	63.6% 231	61.4% 108	56.3% 1144
Very happy	28.5% 277	28.8% 139	35.1% 13	20.9% 76	21.6% 38	26.7% 543
Pretty happy	16.3% 159	14.3% 69	18.9% 7	14.0% 51	15.3% 27	15.4% 313
Not too happy	1.5% 15	0.8% 4	0.0% 0	1.4% 5	1.7% 3	1.3% 27
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
No answer	0.1% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 973	100.0% 482	100.0% 37	100.0% 363	100.0% 176	2031

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other (specify)	TOTAL
Inapplicable	51.2% 794	78.5% 244	62.3% 114	56.4% 1152
Very happy	30.5% 472	11.3% 35	20.2% 37	26.6% 544
Pretty happy	16.6% 257	9.0% 28	15.8% 29	15.4% 314
Not too happy	1.4% 22	1.0% 3	1.6% 3	1.4% 28
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
No answer	0.3% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 1550	100.0% 311	100.0% 183	2044

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Inapplicable	57.4% 194	53.0% 251	57.1% 449	58.0% 258	56.4% 1152
Very happy	27.2% 92	28.3% 134	26.4% 208	24.7% 110	26.6% 544
Pretty happy	13.9% 47	17.3% 82	14.5% 114	16.0% 71	15.4% 314
Not too happy	1.2% 4	1.5% 7	1.5% 12	1.1% 5	1.4% 28
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
No answer	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.2% 1	0.2% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 338	100.0% 474	100.0% 787	100.0% 445	2044

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Extremely liberal or liberal	Slightly liberal	Moderate	Slightly conservative	Conservative	Extremely conservative	TOTAL
Inapplicable	65.4% 219	59.5% 138	57.6% 430	55.5% 147	43.5% 137	51.3% 41	56.4% 1112
Very happy	22.4% 75	26.3% 61	24.4% 182	27.5% 73	36.5% 115	31.3% 25	26.9% 531
Pretty happy	11.9% 40	12.5% 29	16.0% 119	15.8% 42	18.7% 59	16.3% 13	15.3% 302
Not too happy	0.3% 1	0.9% 2	1.9% 14	1.1% 3	1.3% 4	1.3% 1	1.3% 25
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
No answer	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 335	100.0% 232	100.0% 746	100.0% 265	100.0% 315	100.0% 80	1973