The Happiness of Single Mothers: Evidence from the General Social Survey

Ifcher, John; Zarghamee, Homa

doi:10.1007/s10902-013-9472-5

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“…To our knowledge, only two studies have researched trends of the happiness gap between (single) parents and nonparents in the United States using repeated cross‐sectional data. Ifcher and Zarghamee () found the happiness gap between single mothers and nonmothers to have narrowed over time, and Herbst and Ifcher (, pp. 544–545) found the “parental happiness gap” to have decreased over decades.…”

Section: Previous Research On Motherhood and Life Satisfactionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Motherhood, Employment, and Life Satisfaction: Trends in Germany Between 1984 and 2015

Preisner

Neuberger

Posselt³

et al. 2018

J of Marriage and Family

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Objective: This article analyzes trends in the relationships among motherhood, employment, and life satisfaction in Germany and regresses them on changing motherhood norms. Background: Motherhood norms have changed in recent decades in Germany, and differences in labor force participation between mothers and women without children have decreased. We research whether differences in life satisfaction have decreased at the same time. Method: Analyses are based on the German Socio-Economic Panel (1984 and restricted to women aged 16 to 45 (N = 18,238). A series of hybrid panel regressions was used to determine intrapersonal and interpersonal motherhood and employment effects on life satisfaction over decades. Polynomial regressions were used to relate these effects to changing motherhood norms.

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Motherhood, Employment, and Life Satisfaction: Trends in Germany Between 1984 and 2015

Preisner

Neuberger

Posselt³

et al. 2018

J of Marriage and Family

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“…A study across 27 European countries found that single parents (in comparison to cohabiting parents and married parents) had poorer health, with the United Kingdom being substantially worse in this regard (Campbell et al 2015 ; Van de Velde et al 2014 ). In addition, studies have shown that single parents also experience lower levels of mental health and low psychological wellbeing (Ifcher and Zarghamee 2014 ), with more extensive use of the mental health services (Cairney and Wade 2002 ). Brown and Morgan ( 1997 ) examined marital status, poverty and depression in female parents over a 2-year period and found that single parents were twice as likely as their married counterparts to be in financial hardship (Brown and Moran 1997 ), despite being twice as likely to be in full-time employment.…”

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The Impact of Financial Hardship on Single Parents: An Exploration of the Journey From Social Distress to Seeking Help

Stack

Meredith

2017

J Fam Econ Iss

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Single parent families are at high risk of financial hardship which may impact on psychological wellbeing. This study explored the impact of financial hardship on wellbeing on 15 single parents. Semi-structured interviews were conducted and analysed using constructivist thematic analysis. Participants described food and fuel poverty, and the need to make sacrifices to ensure that children’s basic needs were met. In some cases, participants went without food and struggled to pay bills. Isolation, anxiety, depression, paranoia, and suicidal thoughts were described. However, participants reported that psychological services not able to take the needs of single parents in to account. Support for single parents must acknowledge the impact of social circumstances and give more consideration economic drivers of distress.

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“…In particular, respondents reported a lower level of trust when the question followed questions on crime compared to questions on life and job values. To create a consistent data set, we adjust the data as suggested by prior studies that use the GSS (e.g., Stevenson and Wolfers, 2008a, 2008b, 2009Ifcher and Zarghamee, 2014). First, we drop black oversamples in the years 1982 and 1987.…”

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confidence: 99%