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Studies

Baranowska-Rataj & Matysiak (2011): study PL 2003

Publication

Author(s):
Baranowska-Rataj, A.; Matysiak, A.
Title:
Does Parenthood increase Happiness? Evidence for Poland.
Source:
Working Paper, Institute of Statistics and Demography, 2011, Warsaw, Poland

Investigation

Public
18-35 aged women, Poland, 2003-2011
Survey name
PL-SocialDiagnosis 2003
Sample
Probability sample (unspecified)
Respondents
N = 27251
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all things together, would you say you are.....?
4  very happy
3  quite happy
2  not very happy
1  not at all happy.
Classification:
O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a
Author's label:
Subjective wellbeing
Remarks:
Never married, non-cohabiting, with children: M = 2,78
Earlier married, non-cohabiting with children:  M = 2,65
Page in publication:
15
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.72 -
SD:
- -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Having children