Glass et al. (2016): study ZZ OECD member states 2006

Publication

Author(s):

Glass, J.; Andersson, M.A.; Simon, R.W.

Title:

Parenthood and Happiness: Effects of Work-Family Reconciliation Policies in 22 OECD Countries.

Source:

American Journal of Sociology, 2016, Vol.122, 886 - 929

Investigation

Public

Adult general public, 22 OECD nations 2006-2008

Survey name

EU-ESS 2-4: 2004-2008

Sample

Probability multi-stage random

Respondents

N = 78972

Non Response

around %45

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:

Self report on single question:

A Taking all together, how happy would you say you are?
    0  extremely unhappy
    :
    10 extremely happy

B  If you were to consider how happy or unhappy you are these days, would you say you are:
      1  not al all happy
      2
      3
      4  very happy

Computation: B stretched to range A: 1=2,5; 2=5; 3=7,5; 4=10

Classification:

O-HL-*-sq-nvt-11-a

Author's label:

Happiness

Page in publication:

897

Observed distribution

Summary Statistics

On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10

Mean:

7.41 7.41

SD:

1.92 1.92

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Parenthood effect: children in household Current parental status
Number of children in the household Policy effect: support of parents Effect of parent support policy
Support for parents in nation