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Studies

Wassell (2015): study ZZ 1981

Publication

Author(s):
Wassell, E.D.
Title:
Do Maternity Leave Variables Influence Happiness or Life-Satisfaction?
Source:
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research, 2015, Vol. 3, 157 - 166

Investigation

Public
30-60 aged, 4 western nations, 1981-2008, born before or after extension of maternity leave in nation
Survey name
INT-World Values Survey, pooled waves
Sample
Selection from general population sample
Respondents
N = 5857
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as-a-whole these days?
1   dissatisfied
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10  satisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a
Author's label:
Life satisfaction
Page in publication:
164
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.35 7.06
SD:
1.76 1.96
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:
Happiness
Page in publication:
164
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.17 -
SD:
0.67 -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Maternity Leave of mother