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Correlational findings

Study Brereton (2011): study IE 2001

Public
Rural population, Ireland, 2001
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Respondents
N = 565
Non Response
Assessment

not reported

Correlate

Authors's Label
Children
Our Classification
Distribution
No children: 63.0%; One child: 9.0%; Two children: 14.5%; Three or more children: 13.9%
Operationalization
1a One child
1b Two children
1c Three or more children
0 No children (reference)

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks C-BW-u-sq-v-7-a b = -.16 ns One child                 (vs no children) C-BW-u-sq-v-7-a b = -.22 p < .10 Two children              (vs no children) C-BW-u-sq-v-7-a b = -.26 p < .05 Three children            (vs no children)

all b controled for:
- age
- gender
- employment status
- education
- health
- marital status
- income
- household tenure
- social capital
- religious attendance
- major problems in area