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Correlational findings

Study Crivelli et al. (2016): study CH 2012

Public
18+ aged, general public, Switzerland, followed 9 years, 2004-2012
Survey name
CH-SHP pooled waves
Sample
Respondents
N = 6960
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Correlate

Authors's Label
Presence of children
Our Classification
Operationalization
Having children:
1 Yes
0 No

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLu-g-sq-n-11-h DM = -.04 ns                Mean   SD    N
Has children   8.05  1.52  4319
No children    8.09  1.47  3185
-difference   -0.04 O-SLu-g-sq-n-11-h Beta = -.01 ns CURRENT presence of children O-SLu-g-sq-n-11-h Beta = -.02 ns EARLIER presence of children

Beta's controlled for:
- health
- age
- marital status
- income
- employment status
- death of a closely related person
- termination of a close relationship
- conflicts with/among related persons
- physical activity