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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
Gender of child
Our Classification
Remarks
Child 3 or 4 years of age
Operationalization
1: boy
0: girl

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks C-BW-g-sq-l-9-a r = -.27 p < .01 Boy (vs. girl) C-BW-g-sq-l-9-a Beta = -.31 p < .01
Beta controlled for:
- weekly working hours
- prefer to work vs. stay home