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Correlational findings

Study Kühn (2018): study DE 1984

Public
Mothers, Germany, followed 1984 - 2011
Survey name
DE-SOEP
Sample
Respondents
N = 2006
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Being a lone mother
Our Classification
Remarks
Mothers who became single at least 3 years before and share household with child under age 18
Related specification variables
Operationalization
1: single mother
0: partnered mother

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d DM = - Single mothers      M = 6,34    SD = 1.14
Partnered mothers   M = 7.17    SD = 1.27
- difference           -1.17 O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b-fix = -.67 p < .001 b-fix controlled for:
- separated or not
- duration of lone motherhood
- duration of lone motherhood squared
- mothers' age O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b-fix = -.44 p < .01 b-fix additionally controlled for:
- stable partner
- age of youngest child
- number of children in household
- changes net equivalent income
- employment status
- childcare

Similar across age categories of single mothers