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Correlational findings

Study Berger (2009): study DE 1994

Public
Mothers aged 20-65, Germany, followed 14 years, 1994-2007
Survey name
DE-SOEP 1994
Sample
Respondents
N = 5706
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Number of children
Our Classification
Distribution
1: M=0.33 2: M=0.43 3: M=0.24
Related specification variables
Operationalization
Number of children under 14
1: one child
2: two children (reference category)
3: three or more children

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b = -.06 p < .01 ONE CHILD ( vs two children)
B controlled for:
- Employment status
- Age
- Migration background
- Residual Household Income
- Education
- Person in need of care in househild
- Disabled
- Self rated health
- East Germany
- Size of municipality
- Self-employed
- Have a child in the coming year
- Partner status
- Age of the youngest child O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b = +.04 ns Fixed effects.
B same controls as OLS except for age and migration background. O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b = -.09 p < .01 THREE OR MORE CHILDREN( vs two children)
B controlled for:
- Employment status
- Age
- Migration background
- Residual Household Income
- Education
- Person in need of care in househild
- Disabled
- Self rated health
- East Germany
- Size of municipality
- Self-employed
- Have a child in the coming year
- Partner status
- Age of the youngest child O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d Beta = +.07 ns Fixed effects.
B same controls as OLS except for age and migration background.