Study VanSluijs (2004): study NL 1987
- Public
- Young adults, followed from age 18 to 30, The Netherlands, 1987-1999
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 836
- Non Response
- 36,6% (baseline)
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Face to face interviews, questionnaires, telephone interviews (1999)
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- First child
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Family situation assessed at: T1: 1987 when aged 18 to 26 T2: 1989 when aged 20 to 28 T3: 1991 when aged 22 to 30 T4: 1995 when aged 26 to 34 T5: 1999 when aged 30 to 34
- Distribution
- N in this situation: T1= 135, T1-T3=176, T3-T4=167, T3-T5 or T4-T5=165, Total=643
- Operationalization
- 1 first child
0 other
Observed Relation with Happiness
personal characteristics:
- age
- age²
- gender
- education
- cohort 1965 vs cohort 1961
- cohort 1969 vs cohort 1961
- mental health
- neuroticism
lifecourse transitions:
- first job
- no job
- left parental home
- living together/marriage first partner
- divorce from first partner
- living together/marriage second partner-
- first paid job
- no job
- leaving parental home
- living together/marriage first partner
- divorce from first partner
- living together/marriage second partner
- having first child
Stronger among females