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Studies

Dierker et al. (2023): study DE 1984

Publication

Author(s):
Dierker, P; Kühn, M; Myrskyla, M.
Title:
Re-partnering and single mothers' mental health and life satisfaction trajectories
Source:
MPIDR Working paper WP 2023-001

Investigation

Public
Single mothers, Germany, followed 2 years before and 5 years after becoming a single mother, 1984 - 2020
Survey name
DE-SOEP
Sample
Selection from general population sample
Respondents
N = 1119
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self rating on single question:

"All things considered, how satisfied or dissatisfied are you overall with your life as a whole these days?"

Rated on ladder scale
[ 10 ]  completely satisfied
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[  0  ]  completely dissatisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-l-11-a
Author's label:
Life Satisfaction
Remarks:
Mean computed by WDH team from:
Single mothers: M=6.9
Re-partnered mothers: M=7.2
Difference in means: d=0.3***
Page in publication:
11

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Re-partnered