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Correlational findings

Study Dorsett & Oswald (2014): study GB 2005

Public
18+ aged unemployed single mothers, UK, followed 5 years. Participants and controls in a program, 2003-2008
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Respondents
N = 3320
Non Response
41
Assessment
Multiple assesment methods
Telephone (CAT) and face-to-face interviews T1 (2 Years) after the initial policy intervention T2 (5 Years) after the initial policy intervention

Correlate

Authors's Label
Age
Our Classification
Related specification variables
Operationalization
age in years

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-v-5-g b = +.02 ns Year 2: when half of the unemployed single mothers were treated in an employement program O-SLW-c-sq-v-5-g b = +.04 p < .05 Year 5: when the employment program had stopped and the treated single mothers worked full-time

b coefficients controled for:
- randomly selected into the program (or not)
- ethnicity
- age of youngest child
- education
- work in past 3 years
- weekly earnings in past year
- month on welfare in past 2 years
- on welfare
- region in the UK