Abstract
This study aims to determine whether subjective well-being has a different psychological meaning for parents and childless respondents. We analyzed comparative data of the third round of the European Social Survey (ESS; N=10,913). After case-control matching, in line with previous work, we found that in some Eastern European countries and Ireland non-mothers report higher SWB levels than mothers. Mothers from the other countries and fathers reported higher SWB levels than non-mothers from these countries and non-fathers. However, resorting to structural equation modelling, we tested for measurement invariance across groups and no indication of differences between parents and childless respondents was found. Having established full scalar measurement invariance, it was determined that measurement is not responsible for the low SWB levels of mothers in some European countries.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 48th scientific meeting of the Italian Statistical Society : SIS2016 Proceedings |
| Place of Publication | Fisciano (SA), Italy |
| Publisher | Universita degli Studi di Salerno |
| Publication date | Jun 2016 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-88-6197-061-8 |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 2016 |
| MoE publication type | A4 Article in conference proceedings |
| Event | Meetings of italian statistical society - Fisciano (SA), Italy, Italy Duration: 8 Jun 2016 → 10 Jun 2016 Conference number: 48 (SIS2016) |
Fields of Science
- 515 Psychology