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Subjective Well-being and Partnership Dynamics: Are Same-Sex Relationships Different?

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Shuai Chen, Jan C. van Ours
Demography (2018) 55 (6): 2299–2320.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-018-0725-0
Published: 01 November 2018
...Shuai Chen; Jan C. van Ours Abstract We analyze Dutch panel data to investigate whether partnership has a causal effect on subjective well-being. As in previous studies, we find that, on average, being in a partnership improves well-being. Well-being gains of marriage are larger than those...
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Mind the “Happiness” Gap: The Relationship Between Cohabitation, Marriage, and Subjective Well-being in the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, and Norway

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Brienna Perelli-Harris, Stefanie Hoherz, Trude Lappegård, Ann Evans
Demography (2019) 56 (4): 1219–1246.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-019-00792-4
Published: 09 July 2019
...Brienna Perelli-Harris; Stefanie Hoherz; Trude Lappegård; Ann Evans Abstract Many studies have found that married people have higher subjective well-being than those who are not married. Yet the increase in cohabitation raises questions as to whether only marriage has beneficial effects...
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The Role of Family Orientations in Shaping the Effect of Fertility on Subjective Well-being: A Propensity Score Matching Approach

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Nicoletta Balbo, Bruno Arpino
Demography (2016) 53 (4): 955–978.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-016-0480-z
Published: 15 June 2016
...Nicoletta Balbo; Bruno Arpino Abstract This article investigates whether and how having a child impacts an individual’s subjective well-being, while taking into account heterogeneity in family attitudes. People with different family orientations have different values, gender attitudes, preferences...
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View articletitled, The Role of Family Orientations in Shaping the Effect of Fertility on <span class="search-highlight">Subjective</span> <span class="search-highlight">Well</span>-<span class="search-highlight">being</span>: A Propensity Score Matching Approach View PDF for article titled, The Role of Family Orientations in Shaping the Effect of Fertility on <span class="search-highlight">Subjective</span> <span class="search-highlight">Well</span>-<span class="search-highlight">being</span>: A Propensity Score Matching Approach
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Do Immigrants Suffer More From Job Loss? Unemployment and Subjective Well-being in Germany

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Liliya Leopold, Thomas Leopold, Clemens M. Lechner
Demography (2017) 54 (1): 231–257.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-016-0539-x
Published: 03 January 2017
... of this transition suggest that factors intensifying the negative impact of unemployment on subjective well-being are more concentrated in immigrants than in natives. Based on longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (1990–2014; N = 34,767 persons aged 20 to 64; N = 210,930 person-years), we used...
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Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage Matters for the Subjective Well-being of Individuals in Same-Sex Unions

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Diederik Boertien, Daniele Vignoli
Demography (2019) 56 (6): 2109–2121.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-019-00822-1
Published: 06 November 2019
...Diederik Boertien; Daniele Vignoli Abstract We investigate whether the subjective well-being of individuals in same-sex unions improved following the legalization of same-sex marriage in England and Wales in March 2014. We employ repeated cross-sectional data from the 2011–2016 Annual Population...
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Subjective well-being among individuals in same-sex relationships according to union status. The figure shows predicted average well-being based on Models 1–3 of Table 3, with all other covariates held at the average. Sample weights are included. Controls included are age, age squared, presence of children, earnings, disability, gender, education, being foreign-born, ethnicity, interview mode, and government office (region). Source: Annual Population Survey 2011–2016; N = 3,549.

Subjective well-being among individuals in same-sex relationships according...

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Published: 06 November 2019
Fig. 2 Subjective well-being among individuals in same-sex relationships according to union status. The figure shows predicted average well-being based on Models 1–3 of Table 3 , with all other covariates held at the average. Sample weights are included. Controls included are age, age squared More
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Changes in subjective well-being across the transition to unemployment. SOEP 1990–2014, release 2016. N = 34,403 individuals, and N = 208,630 observations (person-years). The y-axis shows change in life satisfaction scores. One standard deviation of within-person change in life satisfaction over time is 1.13. Marginal effects of time in unemployment are shown. Estimates are from Model 7, with all covariates fixed at their means. See Table 2 for details on the estimation

Changes in subjective well-being across the transition to unemployment. SOE...

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Published: 03 January 2017
Fig. 1 Changes in subjective well-being across the transition to unemployment. SOEP 1990–2014, release 2016. N = 34,403 individuals, and N = 208,630 observations (person-years). The y -axis shows change in life satisfaction scores. One standard deviation of within-person change in life More
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Fertility and Life Satisfaction in Rural Ethiopia

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Pierluigi Conzo, Giulia Fuochi, Letizia Mencarini
Demography (2017) 54 (4): 1331–1351.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-017-0590-2
Published: 10 July 2017
...Pierluigi Conzo; Giulia Fuochi; Letizia Mencarini Abstract Despite recent strong interest in the link between fertility and subjective well-being, the focus has centered on developed countries. For poorer countries, in contrast, the relationship remains rather elusive. Using a well-established...
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Mental Health Around the Transition to First Birth: Does Medically Assisted Reproduction Matter?

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Marco Tosi, Alice Goisis
Demography (2021) 58 (4): 1347–1371.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00703370-9335177
Published: 01 August 2021
...Marco Tosi; Alice Goisis Abstract Previous research has shown that childbearing is associated with short-term improvements in women's subjective well-being but that these effects depend on the timing and quantum of the birth as well as on the parents' education and socioeconomic status...
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Parental Well-being Surrounding First Birth as a Determinant of Further Parity Progression

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Rachel Margolis, Mikko Myrskylä
Demography (2015) 52 (4): 1147–1166.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-015-0413-2
Published: 04 August 2015
... of the transition to parenthood is an important determinant of further fertility. Analyzing longitudinal data from Germany, we find that the experience during the transition to parenthood, as measured by changes in subjective well-being, predicts further parity progression. A drop in well-being surrounding first...
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Marriage Decline in Korea: Changing Composition of the Domestic Marriage Market and Growth in International Marriage

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James M. Raymo, Hyunjoon Park
Demography (2020) 57 (1): 171–194.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-019-00844-9
Published: 09 January 2020
... of social success and is closely related to women’s economic well-being and men’s health and subjective well-being. 12 11 2019 09 01 2020 © Population Association of America 2020 2020 Marriage Education Assortative mating International marriage Korea Social scientists have...
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New Approaches to Human Mobility: Using Mobile Phones for Demographic Research

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John R. B. Palmer, Thomas J. Espenshade, Frederic Bartumeus, Chang Y. Chung, Necati Ercan Ozgencil ...
Demography (2013) 50 (3): 1105–1128.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-012-0175-z
Published: 29 November 2012
... spatial measures beyond residential census units and investigating a range of important social phenomena, including the heterogeneity of activity spaces, the dynamic nature of spatial segregation, and the contextual dependence of subjective well-being. 24 10 2012 29 11 2012 © Population...
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Happiness: Before and After the Kids

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Mikko Myrskylä, Rachel Margolis
Demography (2014) 51 (5): 1843–1866.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-014-0321-x
Published: 21 August 2014
...Mikko Myrskylä; Rachel Margolis Abstract Understanding how having children influences parents’ subjective well-being (“happiness”) has great potential to explain fertility behavior. We study parental happiness trajectories before and after the birth of a child, using large British and German...
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Gender Differences in the Consequences of Divorce: A Study of Multiple Outcomes

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Thomas Leopold
Demography (2018) 55 (3): 769–797.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-018-0667-6
Published: 13 April 2018
... for subjective measures of well-being, but postdivorce adaptation alleviated gender differences in these outcomes. Second, a medium-term view on multiple outcomes showed more similarity than differences between women and men. The medium-term consequences of divorce were similar in terms of subjective economic...
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Fertility and income, consumption aspirations, and child quality standards

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Arland Thornton
Demography (1979) 16 (2): 157–175.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2061136
Published: 01 May 1979
... A. ( 1978 ). The Relationship Between Fertility and Income, Relative Income, and Subjective Well-Being . In J. L. Simon (Ed.), Research in Population Economics . Greenwich : Johnson Associates . Thornton, A., and J. Kim. 1977. Perceived Impact of Financial Considerations on Childbearing. Paper...
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Toward a Holistic Demographic Profile of Sexual and Gender Minority Well-being

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Lawrence Stacey, Rin Reczek, R Spiker
Demography (2022) 59 (4): 1403–1430.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00703370-10081664
Published: 01 August 2022
... and ignore subjective measures, examined well-being outcomes in isolation, and lacked information on less well studied but possibly more disadvantaged SGM subgroups. In this study, we use Gallup's National Health and Well-Being Index, which permits identification of gay/lesbian, bisexual, queer, same-gender...
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Sibling Availability, Sibling Sorting, and Subjective Health Among Chinese Adults

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Haowei Wang, Ashton M. Verdery, Rachel Margolis
Demography (2024) 61 (3): 797–827.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00703370-11376831
Published: 01 June 2024
... skills to navigate interpersonal relations ( Bobbitt-Zeher et al. 2016 ; Merry et al. 2020 ), which is also important for subjective well-being. In couples, these considerations multiply. A couple with no siblings might suffer greater stress from caregiving for two sets of parents without siblings...
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Fig. 3 Estimated effects of early-life exposures on educational attainment and adult height, with and without genetic measurements. All analyses included age, sex, county of birth fixed effect, birth year fixed effect, and birth month fixed effect. Analyses indicated by the dashed lines controlled for 11 polygenic indices correlated with educational attainment, highest math class taken, cognitive performance, height, BMI, number of cigarettes per day, self-reported health, depressive symptoms, ADHD, asthma, and subjective well-being. The first 20 principal components were also controlled for in the analyses with polygenic indices.

Estimated effects of early-life exposures on educational attainment and adu...

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Published: 01 April 2024
controlled for 11 polygenic indices correlated with educational attainment, highest math class taken, cognitive performance, height, BMI, number of cigarettes per day, self-reported health, depressive symptoms, ADHD, asthma, and subjective well-being. The first 20 principal components were also controlled More
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Remittances in the Republic of Georgia: Correlates, Economic Impact, and Social Capital Formation

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Theodore P. Gerber, Karine Torosyan
Demography (2013) 50 (4): 1279–1301.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-013-0195-3
Published: 13 February 2013
..., and other measures of well-being. Separate analysis of the subsample of households with a migrant currently abroad distinguishes the effects of remittances from the effects of migration as such. In Georgia, remittances improve household economic well-being without, for the most part, producing the negative...
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Gender Differences in Self-assessed Measures of Health: How Does the Structure of Self-rated Health Compare Across Transgender and Cisgender Groups?

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Madeline Smith-Johnson
Demography (2024) 61 (6): 2147–2175.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00703370-11689375
Published: 01 December 2024
... but also influence their subjective experiences of the social world. Indeed, prior work has argued that broad, holistic measures of well-being are needed to depict the full impact of stigma on transgender groups’ health ( Stacey et al. 2022 ). Self-rated health (SRH) is one such broad measure of well...
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