The Origins of Happiness

Table 5.3.

How family status and parenthood are determined (British Cohort Study)

Partnered (1, 0)

Parent (1, 0)

Units

RH variables

standardized

RH variables unstandardized

RH variables

standardized

RH variables unstandardized

Intellectual performance (16)

1, 0

0.00 (.01)

0.01 (.01)

−0.01

(.01)

−0.03

(.01)

Behavior (16)

SD (index)

0.01

(.01)

0.01

(.01)

0.00 (.00)

0.00 (.00)

Emotional health (16)

SD (index)

0.01

(.01)

0.01

(.01)

0.01 (.01)

0.01 (.01)

Family income

Ln

0.01 (.01)

0.02 (.01)

0.00 (.01)

0.01 (.01)

Parents’ education

Age

−0.00 (.00)

−0.00 (.00)

−0.00 (.00)

−0.00 (.00)

Father’s unemployment

# waves

−0.01 (.01)

−0.04 (.03)

−0.01 (.00)

−0.03 (.03)

Mother’s employment

# waves

0.00 (.01)

0.01 (.01)

0.00 (.00)

0.01 (.01)

Parental involvement

SD (index)

0.01

(.01)

0.01

(.01)

0.00 (.00)

0.00 (.00)

Family break-

up

1, 0

−0.01

(.01)

−0.04

(.01)

−0.01 (.00)

−0.02 (.01)

Mother’s mental health

SD (index)

−0.00 (.01)

−0.00 (.01)

−0.01 (.00)

−0.01 (.00)

Number of siblings

Number

0.01

(.01)

0.01

(.00)

0.02

(.00)

0.01

(.00)

Postmarital conception

1, 0

0.00 (.00)

0.00 (.02)

−0.01 (.00)

−0.02 (.02)

Female

1, 0

0.04

(.01)

0.07

(.01)

0.10

(.00)

0.19

(.01)

Ethnicity: white

1, 0

0.01 (.01)

0.05 (.03)

0.00 (.00)

0.03 (.03)

Low birth weight

1, 0

−0.01

(.00)

−0.04

(.02)

−0.01

(.00)

−0.04 (.02)

Observations

17,803

17,803

17,812

17,812

R

2

0.013

0.013

0.044

0.044