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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 cohabiting 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: Cohabiting parents  (reference)
    a: with children from this union
    b: With children from previous union
    c: With children from from this and previous
        union

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-b DM = - Single parent: never married           M = 2.96
Cohabiting:children from this union    M = 3.06
- difference:                             -0.10 O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-b DM = - Single parent: divorced/separated      M = 2.73
Cohabiting:children from this union    M = 3.06
- difference:                             -0.33 O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-b DM = - Single parent: widowed                 M = 2.63
Cohabiting:children from this union    M = 3.06
- difference:                             -0.43 O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-b DM = - Single parent: never married           M = 2.96
Cohabiting:children from a previous
union                                  M = 3.04
- difference:                             -0.08 O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-b DM = Single parent: divorced separated      M = 2.73
3Cohabiting: children from previous
union                                  M = 3.04
- difference:                             -0.31 O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-b DM = - Single parent: widowed                 M = 2.63
Cohabiting:children from a previous
union                                  M = 3.04
- difference:                             -0.1 O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-b DM = - Single parent: never married           M = 2.96
Cohabiting:children from this and
earler union                           M = 2.99
- difference:                             -0.03 O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-b DM = - Single parent: divorced separated      M = 2.73
Cohabiting:children from this and
a previous union                       M = 2.99
- difference:                             -0.24 O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-b DM = - Single parent: widowed                 M = 2.73
Cohabiting:children from this and
a previous union                       M = 2.99
- difference:                             -0.31