Unit Analysis Of The 2016 General Social Survey

In a National Latino Survey done in 2002, surveyors asked respondents to describe themselves using different terms

Latinos are an American community of considerable diversity of culture, race, ethnic, and national origin. It is a community on the forefront of significant demographic change and sociopolitical growth (Appleby, G.A., Colon, E., & Hamilton, J., 2011). Latinos in the United States are diverse, and collectively the second largest ethnic minority population in the country (Vigil, 1996). In the Latino population, culture represents a way of life that binds Latinos together through their language, values, beliefs, and practices that are considered appropriate and desirable. The population is an aggregation of several subgroups; Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central and South American and Dominicans. Some demographers suggest that

Relationship satisfaction is an important part of romantic relationships. A lack of satisfaction can lead to consequences in other areas of life and eventually, the destruction of the relationship. For example, job performance is heavily influenced by romantic relationship satisfaction. In a study by Greenhaus and Beutell (1985), they argued that poor satisfaction leads to poor job performance and vice versa. They stated this was to because these two spheres are “interdependent.” Satisfaction can also influence quality of health. Conflict in a marital relationship is associated with higher heart rates and blood pressure (Broadwell & Light, 1999; Ewart, Taylor, Kaemer & Agras, 1991; Flor, Breitenstein, Birbaumer & Furst 1995; Frankish & Linden, 1996; Kiecolt-Glaser, 1993; Mayne, O’Leary, McCrady, Contrada & Labouvie, 1997; Morell & Apple, 1990; Shwartz, Slater & Birchler, 1994; Thomsen & Gilbert, 1998). It is also strongly associated with depression and depressed syndromes (Beach, Fincham & Katz, 1998; Fincham & Beach, 1999). This relationship between marital conflict and depression seems to be bidirectional meaning depression is not only a result of conflict but also is caused by the conflict (Beach, et. al., 1998; Fincham & Beach, 1999). Because a lack of relationship satisfaction can negatively affect so many important areas of life, it is important to understand what influences the level of satisfaction held in romantic relationships.

The source of the data in the analysis was gathered through a sample of residents in a mid-size city on the U.S. side of the Mexican-American border with the survey being offered in English and Spanish depending on the spoken language. This group of 262 residents were surveyed through an original research work that was collected via students on malls and grocery stores as these offered the greatest and fairest geographical coverage of the city. The survey being conducted is original research as it does not rely on survey data collected by others.

In preparing for my quantitative research I reviewed three articles relating to the wellbeing of the milspouse. The first article, “Military Deployment and the Spouse Left Behind”, Asbury and Martin (2011) included both male and female milspouses who were civilians or they were active duty personnel themselves. They gathered their data via a voluntary online survey which measured the spouses’ depression, anxiety, perceived social support, and marital discord. They focused on the differences between the civilian milspouses and the military milspouses and hypothesized that the military milspouses would experience more depression, have higher rates of anxiety, experience higher rates of isolation and marital discord than their civilian counter parts. They found no significant difference between the groups in depression, anxiety, or perception of social support. They did discover in the marital discord findings there was a significant statistical differences between participants with a spouse in the military and the participants with civilian a spouse. “The results showed that participants with military spouses had more marital discord being that 80% of the military milspouses and only 17% of the civilian milspouses had frequently considered divorce.” (2011, p. 47)

mind. Certain political and social conditions have to be present to desensitize the general population to the point where this violence toward children is publically sanctioned rather than criticized. The framing of legal status by both legislation and the media could serve as one partial explanation of this atmosphere of apathy toward the plight of the undocumented. Prins and Toso (2012: 456) researched receptivity toward immigrants in rural Pennsylvania. They found racism. Moreover, the respondents in the study indicated that current political discussions about illegality did cause them to suspect that the Latino newcomers to their community were, in fact, undocumented. Fernandes et al. (2012:781) specifically examined language use

As a result of the lack of confidence and the drastic increase of illegal immigration over the years, this study is crucial. In order to explain the issue at hand, the study offers a valid sample size. When determining the sample size, several factors were examined. The first factor should be to make sure that when conducting field research the candidates for the study were selected randomly. This will allow a greater chance of obtaining reliability and validity for the study. The amount of participants should be carefully identified. If the selected participant is anything less than 40, chances are slim that the data collected will not be accurate because the data will have higher scores with a decreased probability that it is accurate.

Divorce, although traditionally thought of as a detriment to the quality of family life, was found to be perfectly appropriate and even positive in certain instances. This same concept can be applied to the quality of life within families dealing with remarriage as well. It also focused on the idea that families that faced

A PAPER SUBMITTED TO DR. JAMES D. GIBSON FULFILLMENT OF REQUIREMENTS FOR CO 5740 INTRODUCTION TO MARRIAGE AND FAMILY COUNSELING

3. Research Methodology Within the NES 2012 Codebook, there are three questions I intend to examine. This first is labeled PRESVOTE2012_X in which the respondent specifies whether they voted for Obama, Romney, or other. The next question is labeled INCGROUP_PREPOST and asks the respondent to specify their level of family income beginning with under $5,000 going up to $250,000 or more. As a result of this question providing 28 different categories, for the purpose of my paper and tables, I recoded the INCGROUP_PREPOST variable to become income4 in which the results would be provided within four income categories, as opposed to the 28. The last question I will be looking at is labeled GENDER_RESPONDENT and asks the respondent to provide

It is estimated that 20 percent of individuals in Australia will be affected by mental illness at any stage in their life. Previous research attained, highlights that mental illness is twice as common in individuals whom are single than individuals in which are married (Stoddart, 1926). Marriage can generate an essence of identity and contribute to one’s self-worth (Gove et al. 1990). However, marriage can be stressful, specifically to those that are generally more vulnerable to stressors and therefore can eventually lead to the individual becoming more predisposed to developing a mental illness than others. Depression is noted as one of the frequently occurring psychiatric disorders. Depressive symptoms can significantly affect changes in marital status due to the sensitivity and reactiveness predisposed by the symptoms. England & Farkas (1986) found that women appeared to show more emotional investment in their marriage. A study by Gonzalez and Koestner (2006) showed gender differences regarding one’s expression towards romantic emotions, in individuals married or in current relationships. The participants analyzed content of 300 valentine announcements, in which love, praise, commitment and fidelity were the emotions addressed. The study concluded that women emphasized love and fidelity; whilst men emphasized praise and commitment significantly more. Further, research has shown that greater distress was possessed by married women compared to married men, which may be as

This article talks about divorce-stress-adjustment perspective. The article review draws on research that goes all the way back to the 1990s and it basically answers the following questions: What factors mediate the effects of divorce on individual adjustment? Are these differences due to divorce or to selection? How do individuals from married and divorced families differ in well-being? Do these differences reflect a temporary crisis to which most people gradually adapt or stable life strains that persist more or less indefinitely?

A disparage in survey results from 1980 to 2007 from the American Community Survey (ACS) prompted Shin and Kominski to take a closer look into the language differential. In order for the United States Census Bureau to determine the distribution of languages spoken in homes in the United States, Shin and Kominski analyzed the differential in the

Coverman (1989) conducted a quantitative research from data collected from the 1977 Quality of Employment Survey, only married respondents (N=1515) participated in the study of which there were 249 married women who completed the study. The respondents were asked to grade themselves on job satisfaction, marital satisfaction, and overall well being. Coverman research suggested “Satisfaction with various role domains (e.g., marriage and job) strongly influences the mental health and wellbeing of both men and women” (Coverman, 1989, p. 978).

instruments, which are part of the family assessment, are sometimes used in conjunction with these scales. A profile of each instrument follows. The Circumplex Model is a valuable tool for guiding interventions at the family level. It can also be used to assess dyadic functioning, by using the couple version of FACES II or FACES III along with the ENRICH Inventory scales for marital satisfaction, communication, and conflict resolution. The self-report and the observational measure, in combination, are recommended for treatment planning to enable clinicians to gather multiple views on family functioning. Specifically the model can be used as a tool to help families construct solutions to move from one level of family functioning to another, or simply to better understand each other’s perceptions and needs. FACES and the Clinical Rating Scale can establish a baseline at the start and measure progress during the course of treatment. Scores on discrepancy between family