Schober & Schmitt (2013): study DE 2007

Publication

Author(s):

Schober, P.; Schmitt, C.

Title:

Day-Care Expansion and Parental Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from Germany.

Source:

SOEP Papers, 2013, No. 602, Berlin, Germany

Investigation

Public

Parents with under 3 years children, before and after expansion of day care, Germany, 2007 - 2011

Survey name

DE-SOEP

Sample

Selection from general population sample

Respondents

N = 4500

Non Response

3300

Assessment

Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:

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

10 extremely satisfied
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0 extremely dissatisfied

Classification:

O-SLW-c-sq-nv-11-d

Author's label:

Life Satisfaction

Remarks:

Maternal Life Satisfaction
West Germany Mean=7,69  SD=1,26
East Germany    Mean=7,15  SD=1,37
Fathers life satisfaction not reported.

Paternal Life Satisfaction
West Germany Mean=7,57  SD=1,24
East Germany    Mean=7,30  SD=1,19

Page in publication:

16

Observed distribution

Summary Statistics

On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10

Mean:

7.57 7.57

SD:

1.24 1.24

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Day care expansion Change child daycare in region
Effect of child care support Age of youngest child Age of children No children Ever had children (vs not) Mothers age Current age (in years) Rate of consensual unions Unmarried cohabitation in region Rate of single parents Single parents in region Unemployment rate Unemployment in region Rate of day care use in region Child day-care in region
Use of day care for children Rate of cohabitation Unmarried cohabitation in region