| Publication |
| Author(s) | Muffels, R.; Kemperman, B. |
| Title | Does a Better Job Match Make Women Happier? Work Orientations, Work-Care Choices and Subjective Well-Being in Germany. |
| Source | SOEP Paper No. 361, 2011, DIW, Berlin, Germany |
| URL | http://ideas.repec.org/p/diw/diwsop/diw_sp361.html |
| Investigation |
| Public | 20-55 aged, women, Germany, 1984-2007 |
| | Limited to 20-55 year aged women since the combination of working and caring responsibilities occurs especially in this phase of the life course. |
| | 1984-2007 |
| Survey name | DE-SOEP |
| | SOEP 1984-2007 |
| Sample | Probability multi-stage cluster sample |
| | 20-55 aged women were selected from a probability sample of households |
| Respondents N = | 90297 |
| | 90,297 women answered both life satisfactions and questions related to work. |
| Non Response | Not available |
| Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
| General remarks | First, SOEP was first conducted in 1984 as longitudinal survey of private persons and households in the Federal Repoublic of Germany. In 1990, after the fall of the German Wall, the SOEP sample was extended with people from the German Democratic Republic. |
| Happiness measure(s) used |
| Author's label | Subject Code
Finding | Subject description |
| Birth cohort | A04ac | Generation |
| Hours match | T01af01 | Fit between actual and desired time-use |
| Hours match | W04ab07 | Load of work, also classified as above ↑ |
| Hours match | W05ac02 | Preferred work-conditions, also classified as above ↑ |
| Traits | P05ad | Agreeable |
| Traits | P05ao | Conscientious, also classified as above ↑ |
| Traits | P05az | Extraverted, also classified as above ↑ |
| Traits | P05cc | Neurotic, also classified as above ↑ |
| Traits | P05cd | Open, also classified as above ↑ |
| Work orientations | W05ac | Current motivation to work |
| Work orientations | C02ab | Current want for children, also classified as above ↑ |
| Work orientations | L07ab08 | Object of life-goals, also classified as above ↑ |
| Work-care combinations | T01ad08 | Time spent on work and care |