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Originally Posted by Shauk
i think a simple way to figure this out is...
establish what is and is not an acceptable threshold of income for a male to achieve for "having money"
see how many on one side of that line are married
see how many on the other side of that line are married.
compare the happiness level of the married trailer park couple vs the married couple living in thier 2-3 story house with the white picket fence.
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Shauk, that's a good idea. The only complication is that it would be measuring outcomes after the fact (after the couple is already married), when in fact the Theory is supposed to be measuring people's preferences while *looking* for someone to marry. E.g. some guy might have made a ton of money while he was dating/engaged, but then after marriage became a bum, or vice versa. So you have to control for that factor somehow... maybe by asking men's (and women's) income levels before marriage, and how that changed during marriage?
I actually think a study like this has probably been done... in my Demography program, there are quite a few people whose specialties are in Human Development and Family Studies. I'll take a peek around the research publications for something relevant...