The relationship between marital status and overall life satisfaction among black Americans is the focus of this study of a probability sample of 373 black women and 253 black men. For women, the married, widowed, and divorced are more satisfied with their lives than are the separated or single. However, when controls for age, social participation, health, adjusted income, and education are introduced, these differences no longer are statistically significant. For men, the married are the least satisfied persons of any category. When the controls are added, married men are significantly less satisfied than are the divorced, separated, and widowed.
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Ball et al. (1986) studied this question.
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