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Correlational findings

Study Stavrova & Fetchenhauer (2015): study ZZ Europe 2010

Public
Parents in 43 European nations, 2010
Survey name
EU-EVS
Sample
Respondents
N = 32553
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Single parent
Our Classification
Related specification variables
Operationalization
1: single parent
0: partnered parent

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a DM = - Single parents     M = 6.49
Partnered parents  M = 7.32
- difference          -0.83

Difference greater in
- countries with strong norm of two-parent family
- collectivist countries
No great difference in
- countries with weak norm of two-paternt family
- Individualistic countries

European means computed by WDH team from nation means irrespective of population size.