Seiler Zimmermann & Wanzenried (2019): study CH 2017

Publication

Author(s):

Seiler Zimmermann, Y.; Wanzenried, G.

Title:

Do Management Jobs Make Women Happier as Well? Empirical Evidence for Switzerland

Source:

International Journal of Organizational Leadership, 2019, Vol. 8, 37-53

Investigation

Public

Working population, Switzerland, 2017

Survey name

CH-SHP pooled waves

Sample

Probability multi-stage random

Respondents

N = 4295

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:

Self report on single question:

To what degree do you feel satisfied with your life in general?
10 = fully satisfied
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0 = not satisfied at all
Labels of scale ends not reported

Classification:

O-SLu-g-sq-n-10-g

Author's label:

Life satisfaction

Page in publication:

44

Observed distribution

Summary Statistics

On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10

Mean:

8.05 7.83

SD:

- -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Manager Manager Misqualification Person-Job fit Household income Household income Age Current age (in years) Age squared Current age (in years) Swiss Current nationality Good health Self-perceived health University education Level of school-education Living with partner Living with spouse Interference work private life Work-life balance
Conflict between demand of work and home Change in job status over the years 2002 to 2017 Recent social mobility
Change in work task/position Children in the household Children in the household