Commitment and Marriage

Burgess, Ernest W.

doi:10.4232/1.0252

Abstract

Determinants of the success or failure of a marriage. Topics: The data set contains surveys on various stages of a relationship. Originally 1000 couples were interviewed at about the time of first meeting or engagement, who then were surveyed several times over a time interval until lasting marriage or divorce. Among other questions the following were posed: attitudes and information on sexual conduct from the perspective of both spouses; attitude of the man and the woman to marriage; difficulties in the marriage; personality characteristics of the spouses; feeling of happiness; agreement of spouses; general satisfaction; attitude to children; attitude to work; age differences of the spouses; circle of friends; hobbies; length of acquaintance and engagement; reason for marriage; extra-marital sexual intercourse; judgement on the financial expenditure practices of spouse; attitude to divorce; religiousness. Demography: age (classified); marital status; number of children; ages of children (classified); religious denomination; income; household income; self-assessment of social class; city size; regional origins; possession of durable economic goods.

Abstract

Determinants of the success or failure of a marriage. Topics: The data set contains surveys on various stages of a relationship. Originally 1000 couples were interviewed at about the time of first meeting or engagement, who then were surveyed several times over a time interval until lasting marriage or divorce. Among other questions the following were posed: attitudes and information on sexual conduct from the perspective of both spouses; attitude of the man and the woman to marriage; difficulties in the marriage; personality characteristics of the spouses; feeling of happiness; agreement of spouses; general satisfaction; attitude to children; attitude to work; age differences of the spouses; circle of friends; hobbies; length of acquaintance and engagement; reason for marriage; extra-marital sexual intercourse; judgement on the financial expenditure practices of spouse; attitude to divorce; religiousness. Demography: age (classified); marital status; number of children; ages of children (classified); religious denomination; income; household income; self-assessment of social class; city size; regional origins; possession of durable economic goods.

Geographic Coverage	United States (US)
Universe	Married couples
Selection Method	Sample No exact information about the sampling procedure is available.
Mode of Data Collection	Written survey
Data Collector	E. W. Burgess, University of Chicago, Ill.
Date of Collection	1957 - 1958

Dataset

Number of Units: 873

Number of Variables: 10

Data Type: Mehrfachlochung

Analysis System(s): -

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2010-4-13 Version number created automatically (implementation of a uniform versioning policy) doi:10.4232/1.0252 (Publication Year 1958)

Publications	Burgess, Ernest W.; Lock, Harvey J.: The Family: From Institution to Compagnionship. New York: American Books, 2. Edition 1953
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Citation	Burgess, Ernest W. (1958): Commitment and Marriage. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA0252 Data file Version 1.0.0, doi:10.4232/1.0252
Study No.	ZA0252
Title	Commitment and Marriage
Current Version	1.0.0, 2010-4-13, doi:10.4232/1.0252 (Publication Year 1958)
Date of Collection	1957 - 1958
Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution	Burgess, Ernest W. - University of Chicago, Ill.
Categories	Family
Topics	13.3 Family life and marriage

ZA0252: Commitment and Marriage