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Studies

Ugur (2019a): study ZZ OECD member states 1980

Publication

Author(s):
Ugur, Z.B.
Title:
Does Having Children Bring Life Satisfaction in Europe?
Source:
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2020, Vol. 21, 1385-1406

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public 23 OECD countries.1980-2008
Survey name
EU-EVS
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 65044
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all things together, would you say you are.....?
4  very happy
3  quite happy
2  not very happy
1  not at all happy.
Classification:
O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a
Author's label:
Happiness
Page in publication:
1391
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.12 -
SD:
0.67 -
Full text:
Self report on single question:

All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as-a-whole these days?
1   dissatisfied
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10  satisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a
Author's label:
Life Satisfaction
Page in publication:
1391
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.30 7.00
SD:
2.08 2.31

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Has children Current parental status Number of children Number of children