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Studies

Myrskyla & Margolis (2013): study DE 2003

Publication

Author(s):
Myrskyla, M.; Margolis, R.
Title:
Parental Benefits Improve Parental Well-being: Evidence from a 2007 Policy Change in Germany.
Source:
MPIDR WORKING PAPER, 2013, No. 10, 1 - 38, Rostock, Germany

Investigation

Public
New parents, Germany,before and after policy change, 2003-2005 or 2008-2010
Survey name
DE-SOEP
Sample
Selection from general population sample
Respondents
N = 1113
Non Response
410
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all things together, how satisfied are you with your life these days? Please answer with the help of this scale. For instance, when you are totally satisfied with your life, please tick '10'. When you are totally unsatisfied with your life, please tick '0'. You may use all values in between to indicate that you are neither totally satisfied nor totally unsatisfied."
10 totally satisfied
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0  totally unsatisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d
Author's label:
Life satisfaction
Remarks:
Last interview Mean and SD
Page in publication:
12
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.21 -
SD:
1.66 -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Affected by parental benefits extension