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Correlational findings

Study Baranowska-Rataj & Matysiak (2011): study PL 2003

Public
18-35 aged women, Poland, 2003-2011
Survey name
PL-SocialDiagnosis 2003
Sample
Respondents
N = 27251
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Having children
Our Classification
Distribution
N = a:  1745; b: 11118; c: 12369; d: 653; e: 221; f; 551
Related specification variables
Operationalization
a: married, no children
b; married with children
c: single non-cohabiting with children
d; single non-cohabiting with children
e; previously married, non-cohabiting with children
f:  previously marri4ed, noncohabiting with children

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a DM = + Married, no children                 M = 3,10
Married with children                M = 2,99
- difference                            +0,12

Single non-cohabiting, no children   M = 2,92
Single non-cohabiting, with children M = 2,78
- difference                            +0,14

Previously married,
non-cohabiting no children           M = 2,47
Previously married
non-cohabiting with children         M = 2,65
- difference                           + 0,18
O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a OPRC = +.52 p < .01 Married no children (vs single no children) O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a OPRC = +.66 p < .01 Married with children (vs single no children) O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a OPRC = +.34 p < .05 single non-cohabiting with children (vs single no children) O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a OPRC = -.56 previously married, non-cohabiting, no children (vs single no children) O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a OPRC = +.14 previously married, non cohabiting, with children (vs single no children)

All coeffficients controled for
- age
- education
- satisfaction with health
- satisfaction with income
- age of youngest child
- employment
- partner's employment

Correlated random-effects ordered probit model with a Mundlak correction term
Similar rsults obtained with …
- fixed-effects ordered logit model with FCF estimator
- fixed-effects ordered logit model with BUC estimator