| Publication | |
| Author(s) | Gash, V.; Mertens, A.; Romeu Gordo, L. |
| Title | Women between Part-Time and Full-Time Work: The Influence of Changing Hours of Work on Happiness and Life Satisfaction. |
| Source | Working paper SOEP no. 268, DIW, 2010, Berlin, Germany |
| URL | https://www.diw.de/documents/publikationen/73/diw_01.c.347227.de/diw_sp0268.pdf |
| Investigation | |
| Public | Married women aged 20-59, Germany, followed 10 years, 1996-2006, |
| Last assesment | 2006 |
| T1: 1996 T2: 2006 | |
| Survey name | Not available |
| GSOEP 1996-2006 | |
| Sample | Probability multistage stratified area sample |
| Respondents with no German natinality and self employed women are excluded. All are married or living with a partner both at T1 and T2 | |
| Respondents N = | 21189 |
| Non Response | Not available |
| Assesment | Questionnaire: paper |
| 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 | 14-31 |
| Remarks | Recoded to scale 1-7. On recoded scale Mean = 4,90, SD = 0,16 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| Author's label | Subject Code Finding | Subject description |
| Change in employment status | E02aa02aa | Change from/to full-time homemaker |
| Change in employment status | E02aa02 | Change in employment, also classified as above ↑ |
| Employment status | E02ab01 | Full-time home maker |
| Employment status | E02ad01 | Full-time vs part-time, also classified as above ↑ |