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Correlational findings

Study Ugur (2019a): study ZZ OECD member states 1980

Public
18+ aged, general public 23 OECD countries.1980-2008
Survey name
EU-EVS
Sample
Respondents
N = 65044
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Number of children
Our Classification
Distribution
M =  1.61  SD = 1.44
Related specification variables
Operationalization
1
2
3 or more

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a b-fix = +.00 ns 1 child              b-fix = +.02 (ns)
2 children           b-fix = +.01 (10)
3 or more children   b-fix = -.00 (ns)

Similar non-significant among
- males and females
- age groups (<24; >50)
- marital status
- employemnt
More negative in waves since 1982 O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a b-fix = +.02 p < .10 1 child              b-fix = +.06 (ns)
2 children           b-fix = +.04 (10)
3 or more children   b-fix = -.03 (ns)

Similar among
- males and females
More positive among
- 50+ aged
Negative among
- full-time employed
- self-employed
- unemployed
- years after 1981