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:
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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
Ever migrated or not
Christian religion
Catholic religion
Protestant religion
Married vs earlier married (widowed + separated + divorced)
Never married (vs widowed)
Never married (vs divorced)