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Peer reviewedCrohan, Susan E.; Veroff, Joseph – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1989
Four dimensions of marital well-being--happiness, equity, competence, and control--emerged in a factor analysis of 12 items asking 199 Black and 174 White newlywed couples to evaluate their overall marital quality. Dimensions were related to respondents' gender, cohabitation history, education, and income, differentially for Blacks and Whites. (TE)
Descriptors: Blacks, Cohabitation, Comparative Analysis, Competence
