Question 11.83

8. Happiness in Marriage. The General Social Survey tracks trends in American society. The accompanying crosstabulation shows the responses to a question that asked people to characterize their feelings about being married. Test whether happiness in marriage is independent of gender, using level of significance .

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Happiness in marriage
Respondents'
gender
Very
happy
Pretty
happy
Not too
happy
Total
Male 242 115 9 366
Female 257 149 17 423
Total 499 264 26 789