Relationships of Family Satisfaction to Satisfaction with the Military Way of Life Among Soldiers.

摘要

This research supports The Army Family Action Plans (1984-1989) by investigating the relationship between soldiers' satisfaction with the environment for families in the Army and satisfaction with the military way of life. The report is based on a secondary analysis of the responses of a stratified random sample of 9,198 U.S. Army personnel. The sample used is the Army sample that participated in the 1985 DoD Worldwide Survey of Officer and Enlisted Personnel. The importance of satisfaction with the environment for families to overall satisfaction with the military way of life was examined separately for officers and enlisted participants from six household types: (a) single, (b) single parent, (c) married to a military spouse with no children, (d) married to a military spouse with children, (e) married to a civilian spouse with no children, and (f) married to a civilian spouse with children. Seventeen additional variables measuring satisfaction with other military issues were used as control variables in examining this relationship, as well as the gender and pay grade of the member. (KT)