Kühn (2018): study DE 1984
Publication
- Author(s):
- Kühn, M
- Title:
- Changes in Lone Mothers' Health: A Longitudinal Analysis
- Source:
- L. Bernardi, D. Mortelmans (eds.), Lone Parenthood in the Life Course, Life Course Research and Social Policies 8, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-63295-7_15
Investigation
- Public
- Mothers, Germany, followed 1984 - 2011
- Survey name
- DE-SOEP
- Sample
- Selection from general population sample
- Respondents
- N = 2006
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Taking all things together, how satisfied are you with your life these days? Please answer with the help of this scale. For instance, when you are totally satisfied with your life, please tick '10'. When you are totally unsatisfied with your life, please tick '0'. You may use all values in between to indicate that you are neither totally satisfied nor totally unsatisfied."
10 totally satisfied
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0 totally unsatisfied - Classification:
- O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d
- Author's label:
- Well-being
- Remarks:
- Mean Partnered Mothers: M = 7.17, SD = 1.27
Mean Single Mothers: M = 6.34, SD = 1.14 - Page in publication:
- 327f
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 6.76 -
- SD:
- - -
Correlational Findings
Becoming a single mother
Time since life change
Becoming a single mother