Portraits of American Life Study, 1st Wave, 2006

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ARQ_4 (Weighted by PAWT2) How satisfied are you with the way that you and your spouse/partner make decisions in your relationship?   -7) Refused   -4) Don't know   1) Completely dissatisfied   2) Somewhat dissatisfied   3) Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied   4) Somewhat satisfied   5) Completely satisfied

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Refused	25	1.5%	1.5%
Don't know	1	.1%	1.6%
Completely dissatisfied	52	3.1%	4.7%
Somewhat dissatisfied	151	9%	13.7%
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	118	7.1%	20.8%
Somewhat satisfied	663	39.6%	60.4%
Completely satisfied	663	39.6%	100%
Missing	1221

* The number of missing cases reported above is unweighted. Missing cases are not displayed in tables below.

Variable Comparisons

Age Gender Political ideology Race Religion Region Education

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 29 years old	30 to 44 years old	45 to 59 years old	60 to 74 years old	75 years and older	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.7% 4	1.9% 10	3.4% 10	1.4% 1	1.5% 25
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Completely dissatisfied	3.7% 8	3.0% 17	3.9% 21	2.1% 6	0.0% 0	3.1% 52
Somewhat dissatisfied	8.7% 19	8.4% 47	10.1% 54	9.6% 28	2.8% 2	9.0% 150
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	13.3% 29	6.4% 36	6.2% 33	3.8% 11	14.1% 10	7.1% 119
Somewhat satisfied	39.4% 86	39.6% 222	43.1% 230	37.1% 108	23.9% 17	39.6% 663
Completely satisfied	34.9% 76	41.9% 235	34.8% 186	43.6% 127	57.7% 41	39.7% 665
TOTAL	100.0% 218	100.0% 561	100.0% 534	100.0% 291	100.0% 71	1675

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Refused	1.2% 10	1.6% 14	1.4% 24
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Completely dissatisfied	3.8% 31	2.5% 21	3.1% 52
Somewhat dissatisfied	11.4% 93	6.8% 58	9.0% 151
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	7.1% 58	7.1% 61	7.1% 119
Somewhat satisfied	36.6% 300	42.5% 363	39.6% 663
Completely satisfied	39.8% 326	39.5% 338	39.7% 664
TOTAL	100.0% 819	100.0% 855	1674

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very liberal	Somewhat liberal	Middle of the road	Somewhat conservative	Very conservative	Haven't thought much about it	TOTAL
Refused	1.1% 1	0.4% 1	0.5% 2	1.1% 4	0.0% 0	4.3% 17	1.5% 25
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.1% 1
Completely dissatisfied	3.4% 3	4.7% 12	1.7% 7	2.8% 10	3.1% 5	3.3% 13	3.0% 50
Somewhat dissatisfied	9.2% 8	5.4% 14	11.2% 46	8.2% 29	6.9% 11	10.8% 43	9.1% 151
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	3.4% 3	7.4% 19	5.8% 24	6.2% 22	6.9% 11	9.6% 38	7.0% 117
Somewhat satisfied	44.8% 39	50.6% 130	42.7% 176	42.2% 149	30.2% 48	29.7% 118	39.6% 660
Completely satisfied	37.9% 33	31.5% 81	38.1% 157	39.4% 139	52.8% 84	42.1% 167	39.7% 661
TOTAL	100.0% 87	100.0% 257	100.0% 412	100.0% 353	100.0% 159	100.0% 397	1665

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
Refused	1.3% 16	3.2% 4	2.5% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.5% 25
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Completely dissatisfied	2.0% 25	4.8% 6	5.1% 10	7.1% 6	0.0% 0	10.5% 4	3.0% 51
Somewhat dissatisfied	9.2% 113	12.0% 15	9.6% 19	2.4% 2	0.0% 0	7.9% 3	9.1% 152
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	6.7% 82	11.2% 14	6.1% 12	9.4% 8	0.0% 0	7.9% 3	7.1% 119
Somewhat satisfied	40.5% 495	45.6% 57	26.8% 53	36.5% 31	100.0% 6	55.3% 21	39.6% 663
Completely satisfied	40.1% 490	23.2% 29	50.0% 99	44.7% 38	0.0% 0	18.4% 7	39.6% 663
TOTAL	100.0% 1222	100.0% 125	100.0% 198	100.0% 85	100.0% 6	100.0% 38	1674

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
Refused	1.5% 1	2.1% 10	1.5% 4	1.3% 6	0.9% 2	1.0% 2	1.5% 25
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Completely dissatisfied	5.9% 4	2.1% 10	1.5% 4	3.3% 15	5.0% 11	3.9% 8	3.1% 52
Somewhat dissatisfied	11.8% 8	6.4% 30	11.1% 29	7.7% 35	12.6% 28	9.8% 20	9.0% 150
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	11.8% 8	5.8% 27	5.0% 13	6.9% 31	8.6% 19	9.8% 20	7.0% 118
Somewhat satisfied	41.2% 28	39.7% 185	40.5% 106	38.1% 172	41.4% 92	39.7% 81	39.7% 664
Completely satisfied	27.9% 19	43.6% 203	40.5% 106	42.7% 193	31.5% 70	35.8% 73	39.7% 664
TOTAL	100.0% 68	100.0% 466	100.0% 262	100.0% 452	100.0% 222	100.0% 204	1674

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Refused	0.3% 1	2.6% 10	1.6% 9	1.2% 5	1.5% 25
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Completely dissatisfied	1.3% 4	3.1% 12	3.7% 21	3.6% 15	3.1% 52
Somewhat dissatisfied	12.7% 38	6.7% 26	8.9% 51	8.5% 35	9.0% 150
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	7.7% 23	6.4% 25	6.5% 37	8.0% 33	7.1% 118
Somewhat satisfied	38.5% 115	35.7% 139	42.6% 244	40.1% 165	39.7% 663
Completely satisfied	39.5% 118	45.5% 177	36.6% 210	38.4% 158	39.7% 663
TOTAL	100.0% 299	100.0% 389	100.0% 573	100.0% 411	1672

Education (I-EDUC)

	No high school diploma	GED or high school diploma	Vocational/technical diploma or Associate's degree	Bachelor's degree	Graduate degree	Other	TOTAL
Refused	8.5% 16	0.8% 5	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.9% 2	2.5% 1	1.6% 26
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Completely dissatisfied	4.3% 8	2.4% 15	2.2% 7	3.8% 11	4.2% 9	5.0% 2	3.1% 52
Somewhat dissatisfied	11.7% 22	7.7% 48	10.9% 35	10.1% 29	6.1% 13	7.5% 3	9.0% 150
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	8.0% 15	8.6% 54	8.4% 27	4.2% 12	4.2% 9	2.5% 1	7.0% 118
Somewhat satisfied	20.7% 39	42.4% 265	45.6% 146	38.3% 110	40.2% 86	45.0% 18	39.7% 664
Completely satisfied	46.8% 88	37.9% 237	32.2% 103	43.6% 125	44.4% 95	37.5% 15	39.6% 663
TOTAL	100.0% 188	100.0% 625	100.0% 320	100.0% 287	100.0% 214	100.0% 40	1674