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Studies

Brodeur & Connoly (2012): study CA Quebec 1998

Publication

Author(s):
Brodeur, A.; Connoly, M
Title:
Do Higher Child Care Subsidies Improve Parental Well-Being? Evidence from Quebec’s family Policies.
Source:
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2013, Vol. 93,1 - 16

Investigation

Public
20-49 aged, Canada 1998-2005
Survey name
CA-Canadian Community Health Survey: combined waves
Sample
Probability multi-stage cluster sample
Respondents
N = 29000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question

In general, how happy would you say you are?
1  very unhappy
2  somewhat unhappy
3  somewhat happy
4  very happy
Classification:
O-HL-g-sq-v-4-d
Author's label:
Happiness
Page in publication:
6
Full text:
Self report on single question:

How do you feel about your life as a whole right now

Rated on different response scales transformed to the same range 1-10
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-nvt-10-a
Author's label:
life satisfaction
Remarks:
In 1985 the answers were rated on a 4-step verbal scale, from 2003 on on a 10 point numerical scale. Rrating scales were standardized to have a mean of 0 and standard deviation of 1
Page in publication:
5

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Gender