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Correlational findings

Study Jackson (1993): study US Ohio 1989

Public
Working single mothers with 3/4 years aged child, recipients of subsidized childcare, City in Ohio, United States of America, 1989
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Respondents
N = 111
Non Response
31%
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)
Structured interviews in which mothers completed a questionnaire about role strain, life satisfaction, depression and perceptions of children.

Correlate

Authors's Label
Employment preferences
Our Classification
Operationalization
Selfreport on single question:
If you had a choice of being employed or staying at home, which would you choose?
0: prefer home (reference)
1: prefer work

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks C-BW-g-sq-l-9-a DM = +.55 p < .01 Mothers who prefer to work:      M = 5.71
Mothers who prefer to stay home: M = 5.16
-difference                          +.55
C-BW-g-sq-l-9-a r = +.21 p < .01 Prefer work (vs. prefer home) C-BW-g-sq-l-9-a Beta = +.26 p < .01 Prefer work (vs. prefer home)

Beta controled for:
- gender of child
- education
- weekly working hours