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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
Living with children (vs no children in same marital category)
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: living with children
     a: married
     b: cohabitating
     c: single
         ca: never married
         cb: divorced/separated
        cc: widowed
0: Living without children (reference)

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-b DM = - MARRIED
Married: children of this marriage   M = 2.94
Married: no children                 M = 3.01
- difference                            -0.07 O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-b DM = - Married: children of previous union  M = 2.98
Married: no children                 M = 3.01
- difference                            -0.03 O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-b DM = + Married: children previous union
and current marriage                 M = 3.02
Married: no children                 M = 3.01
- difference                            +0.01 O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-b DM = + COHABITING
Cohabiting: children this union      M = 3.06
Cohabiting: no children              M = 3.05
- difference                            -0.01 O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-b DM = 0 Cohabiting:children previous union   M = 3.04
Cohabiting: no children              M = 3.04
- difference                             0.0 O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-b DM = - Cohabiting: children previous and
this union                           M = 2.99
Cohabiting: no children              M = 3.04
- difference                            -0.05 O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-b DM = SINGLE
Never married with children           M = 2.96
Single no children                    M = 2.99
- difference                             -0.03 O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-b DM = - Divorced separated with children      M = 2.73
Divorced/separated no children        M = 2.79
- difference                             -0.06 O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-b DM = - Widowed with children                 M = 2.63
Widowed no children                   M = 2.81
- difference                             -0.19