Schober & Schmitt (2017): study DE 2007

Publication

Author(s):

Schober, P.; Schmitt, C.

Title:

Day-care availability, maternal employment and satisfaction of parents: Evidence from cultural and policy variations in Germany.

Source:

Journal of European Social Policy, 27(5)

Investigation

Public

Parents, partnered and single, Germany, 2007 - 2012

Survey name

DE-SOEP

Sample

Selection from general population sample

Respondents

N = 2378

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:

Self report on single question:

All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole nowadays?
0  extremely dissatisfied
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 extremely satisfied
-    don't know
-   no answer

Classification:

O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-cd

Author's label:

Satisfaction with life overall

Remarks:

Maternal life satisfaction M = 7.67 (SD=1.52)
Paternal life satisfaction  M = 7.59 (SD=1.51)

Page in publication:

439, Online Appendix p.1

Observed distribution

Summary Statistics

On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10

Mean:

7.63 7.63

SD:

1.52 1.52

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Rate of day-care children under 3 years in county Child care in vicinity Mothers' employment status Oneself-mother: works (vs not) Use of day care Use of day care for children Summed effects Summed effects of environmental + individual characteristics (macro + micro)X Fathers employment Spouse-father : works (vs not) No children Childlessness voluntary or not Age of youngest child Age of children Mothers age Current age (in years) Rate of consensual unions in county Unmarried cohabitation in region Rate of single parents in county Single parents in region Unemployment rate in county Unemployment in region Change use of day care in county Change child daycare in region
Effect of change in subsidized child-care Gender Current gender