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Correlational findings

Study Blanchflower & Clark (2021): study ZZ Europe 2009

Public
15+ aged, general public, 35 European nations, 2009 - 2019
Survey name
EU-Eurobarometer combined waves
Sample
Respondents
N = 1246028
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Single parents (vs married parents)
Our Classification
Remarks
Children from a 'previous union' can be children of the respondents partner ( = 'step children' for the respondent)
Related specification variables
Operationalization
1 Single parent
   a: never married living with cildren
   b: divorced/separated living with children
   c: widowed living with children
0: married living with children (reference)
    a:  from this marriage
    b:  from a previous union
    c: from this and previous union

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-b DM = + NEVER MARRIED
Single parent: never married           M = 2.96
Married: children from this marriage   M = 2.94
- difference:                             +0.02 O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-b DM = - Single parent: never married           M = 2.96
Married:children from previous union   M = 2.94
- difference:                             -0.02 O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-b DM = - Single parent: never married           M = 2.96
Married: children from this and
previous union                         M = 3.02
- difference:                             -0.06 O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-b DM = - DIVORCED/SEPARATED
Single parent: divorced/separated      M = 2.73
Married: children from this marriage   M = 2.94
- difference:                             -0.21 O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-b DM = - Single parent: divorced/separated      M = 2.73
Married: children from previous union  M = 2.98
- difference:                             -0.25 O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-b DM = - WIDOWED
Single parents: widowed               M = 2.36
Married: children from this marriage  M = 2.94
- difference:                            -0.58 O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-b DM = - Single parent: divorced/separated      M = 2.73
Married: children from this and from
previous union                         M = 3.02
- difference:                             -0.19 O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-b DM = - Single parents: widowed               M = 2.36
Married: children from this marriage  M = 2.98
- difference:                            -0.62 O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-b DM = - Single parents: widowed               M = 2.36
Married: children from this marriage
and a previous union                  M = 3.02
- difference:                            -0.66