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Correlational findings

Study Stanca (2012): study ZZ World samples 1980

Public
15+ aged, general public, 54 nations, 1980 - 2008
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurv 1-5
Sample
Respondents
N = 345000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Number of children
Our Classification
Operationalization
Number of children:
1
2
3
4
5 and more

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a b = -1.0 p < .01 1 child O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a b = -.86 p < .01 2 children O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a b = -.69 p < .01 3 children O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a b = -.27 ns 4 children O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a b = -.51 ns 5 or more children O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a b = -.03 p < .01 1 child O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a b = -.02 p < .01 2 children O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a b = -.01 ns 3 children O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a b = -.03 p < .01 4 children O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a b = -.03 p < .01 5 or more children

All b control for:
-Income
-Unemployment
-Education
-Marital Status
-Sex
-Age group
-Country
-WVS wave O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a b = -2.0 p < .01 1 child O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a b = -1.8 p < .01 2 children O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a b = -2.0 p < .01 3 children O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a b = -1.7 p < .01 4 children O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a b = -2.1 p < .01 5 and more children

b additionally controled for
- ideal number of children"

Ordered Probit analaysis yielded similar results (Table 3)