Study

Publication
Author(s)	Berger, E.M.
Title	Happy Working Mothers? Investigating the Effect of Maternal Employment on Life Satisfaction.
Source	Economica, 2013, Vol. 80, 23 - 43
URL	http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-0335.2012.00932.x/abstract
DOI	doi:10.1111/j.1468-0335.2012.00932.x
Investigation
Public	Mothers, Germany, followed 15 years, 1994-2009
	Working-age women with at least one child under age 14
Last assesment	2009
Survey name	DE-SOEP combined waves
Sample	Probability multi-stage random
Respondents N =	5150
	32.364 person/year observations
Non Response	Not available
Assesment	Interview: face-to-face
Happiness measure(s) used

Full text	Selfreport 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	life satisfaction
Page in publication	27
Remarks	mode: 8
Finding used in nation ranks	Yes

Author's label	Subject Code Finding	Subject description
Household income	I01ab	Current income level (unspecified)
Maternal employment	E02ab	Current employment status
Maternal employment	E02ab01	Full-time home maker, also classified as above ↑
Maternal employment	E02ad01	Full-time vs part-time, also classified as above ↑
Maternal employment	E02ab04	Not in labour force, also classified as above ↑
Maternal employment	E02af01	Part-time working of house-wives, also classified as above ↑
Maternal employment	E02aa02ag	Reasons for change in employment, also classified as above ↑
Maternal employment	E02ab03	Unemployed involuntary, also classified as above ↑