Sources & Notes for Tables & FiguresNotes: People aged 25+. All effects are measured relative to the same
individual five or more years before entering the new state, holding
all else constant. Controls for income, employment status, having
children, age, age- squared, year, and region dummies. Vertical bands
represent 1.65 times the standard error of each point estimate.
Figure 5.6. Adaptation to parenthood (household panel data)
Source: Online Full Table for Figure 5.6.
Notes: People aged 25+. Controls for income, employment status, mari-
tal status, age, age- squared, year, and region dummies. Vertical bands
represent 1.65 times the standard error of each point estimate.
Table 5.3. How family status and parenthood are determined (Brit-
ish Cohort Study)
Notes: People aged 34 and 42. Robust standard errors in parentheses.
Bold: p < .10 (2- tailed).
Table 6.1. How would the percentage in misery fall if each problem
could be eliminated on its own?
Source: Online Full Table 6.1.
Notes: People aged 25+, except people aged 34 and 42 for the BCS. The
first column consists of regression coefficients.
Table 6.2. How misery is affected by adult outcomes (cross- section)
(β- coefficients)
Source: Online Full Table 6.2.
Notes: Robust standard errors are in parentheses. Controls for years of
education, marital status, having children, female, age, age- squared,
region, and year dummies. In Australia and Britain (BHPS), controls
also include comparison income, education, unemployment, and
partnership. In Britain (BCS) controls also include noncriminality,
child outcomes at 16, and family background. Cross- section regres-
sions using information from BCS respondents at ages 34 and 42,
and BHPS, HILDA, and BRFSS respondents at age 25+. Bold: p <
.10 (2- tailed).
- Lagged by one year.
Table 6.3. How life- satisfaction is affected by adult outcomes (cross-
section) (β- coefficients)
Source: Online Full Table 6.3.
Notes: Robust standard errors are in parentheses. Controls for years of
education, marital status, having children, female, age, age- squared,
region, and year dummies. In Australia and Britain (BHPS), controls