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Correlational findings

Study Schober & Schmitt (2017): study DE 2007

Public
Parents, partnered and single, Germany, 2007 - 2012
Survey name
DE-SOEP
Sample
Respondents
N = 2378
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Rate of day-care children under 3 years in county
Our Classification
Remarks
After World War 2 Germany was divided into West (BRD) and East (DDR) Germany. West Germany was oriented on the Western world while East Germany was part of the Russian dominated communist world of these days. Germany was reunited in 1989/1990.
Distribution
West Germany: M = 14.99 (6.16)
East Germany:   M = 45.69 (7.96)
Related specification variables
Operationalization
Percentage of children under 3 years attending day-care institutions in county

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-cd b-fix = +.02 ns FATHERS only O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-cd b-fix = -.00 ns MOTHERS only O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-cd b-fix = -.00 ns EAST + WEST GERMANY (RE-UNITED) O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-cd b-fix = +.02 ns WEST GERMANY ONLY O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-cd b-fix = +.02 SINGLE MOTHERS ONLY

b-fix controlled for:
- mother in education
- mother unemployed
- childcare support from relatives
- childcare and housework hours of fathers
- fathers’ employment status
- ln of household income
- maternal health
- marital status
- age of youngest child
- number of children
- county unemployment rate
- county expenditure per capita
- dummy of missing county expenditure
- year dummies and dummies for county border reform
- moving between counties