print

Correlational findings

Study Mendolia (2014): study GB 1994

Public
Children living with working mothers, UK, followed 12 years 1994 - 2006
Survey name
UK-BHPS combined waves
Sample
Respondents
N = 9092
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Number of children in household
Our Classification
Distribution
M = 1.93; SD = 0.81
Operationalization
Number of children in household, child's report.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-u-sq-n-7-a b-fix = -.00 ns b-fix controled for:
- age of the child
- age of mother
- house hold non-labour income
- mother's education
- mother is a smoker
- single mother

Publication reports correlations with low life satisfaction. Sign reversed by WDH team.