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Correlational findings

Study Wu (2008): study TW 2005

Public
Secondary school pupils, Taiwan, 2005
Sample
Respondents
N = 4502
Non Response
Assessment
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Questionnaire completed in class

Correlate

Authors's Label
family structure
Our Classification
Distribution
85,6% live with parents; 9,5% live with mother only; 2,6% with father only; 2,3% with others.
Operationalization
0 live with both parents
1 other
  a: live with mother only
  b: live with father only
  c: live with others

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLu-u-sq-n-6-a D% = + % satisfied with life overal
- live with parents      78,7
- live with mother only  77,1
- live with father only  62,2
- live with others       65,9 O-SLu-u-sq-n-6-a OR = + Chance of DISsatisfaction with life (compared to living with parents)
- live with mother only  1,08
- live with father only  1,77
- live with others       2,07 O-SLu-u-sq-n-6-a OR = + OR controled for
- gender
- level of study
- migrant status
- economic status
reveals more negative OR with live with father only (2,20) and live with others (2,94)