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Sandner (2013): study DE 2006

Publication

Author(s):
Sandner, M.
Title:
Effects of Early Childhood Intervention on Maternal Employment, Fertility and Well-Being. Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trail.
Source:
Discussion Paper, 2013, No. 516, Leibniz Universität, Hannover

Investigation

Public
Participants in a support program for disadvantaged first-time mothers, followed from pregnancy until 2 years after birth of first child, Germany, 2006-2009
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Probability systematic sample
Respondents
N = 755
Non Response
> 50%
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)
Biannual telephone interviews with the mothers are used as the main data source to examine the impact of Pro Kind on maternal life course

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:
Control Group         Mean=7,13   SD=2,10
Treatment Group   Mean=7,44   SD=1,91
Page in publication:
28
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.41 -
SD:
1.56 -
Full text:
Self report on single question:

How often during the past 4 weeks did you feel …..happy
1  very rarely
2  rarely
3  sometimes
4  often
5  very often

Item in wider list of questions on affect
Classification:
M-TH-cm-sq-v-5-cb
Author's label:
Happy
Page in publication:
Appendix J
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.90 -
SD:
0.78 -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Pro Kind Family Policy