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Studies

Schober & Schmitt (2013): study DE 2007

Publication

Author(s):
Schober, P.; Schmitt, C.
Title:
Day-Care Expansion and Parental Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from Germany.
Source:
SOEP Papers, 2013, No. 602, Berlin, Germany

Investigation

Public
Parents with under 3 years children, before and after expansion of day care, Germany, 2007 - 2011
Survey name
DE-SOEP
Sample
Selection from general population sample
Respondents
N = 4500
Non Response
3300
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole these days?

10 extremely satisfied
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0 extremely dissatisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-nv-11-d
Author's label:
Life Satisfaction
Remarks:
Maternal Life Satisfaction
West Germany Mean=7,69  SD=1,26
East Germany    Mean=7,15  SD=1,37
Fathers life satisfaction not reported.

Paternal Life Satisfaction
West Germany Mean=7,57  SD=1,24
East Germany    Mean=7,30  SD=1,19
Page in publication:
16
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.57 7.57
SD:
1.24 1.24

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Day care expansion