Marriage, Parenthood and Social Network: Subjective Well-Being and Mental Health in Old Age [Dataset] (doi:10.11588/data/RNHJTE)

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Document Description

Citation

Title:

Marriage, Parenthood and Social Network: Subjective Well-Being and Mental Health in Old Age [Dataset]

Identification Number:

doi:10.11588/data/RNHJTE

Distributor:

heiDATA

Date of Distribution:

2019-06-17

Version:

1

Bibliographic Citation:

Becker, Christoph; Kirchmaier, Isadora; Trautmann, Stefan, 2019, "Marriage, Parenthood and Social Network: Subjective Well-Being and Mental Health in Old Age [Dataset]", https://doi.org/10.11588/data/RNHJTE, heiDATA, V1, UNF:6:be//4yqdSt2F+1XKYGQOmA== [fileUNF]

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Marriage, Parenthood and Social Network: Subjective Well-Being and Mental Health in Old Age [Dataset]

Identification Number:

doi:10.11588/data/RNHJTE

Authoring Entity:

Becker, Christoph (Alfred-Weber-Institute of Economics, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany)

Kirchmaier, Isadora (Alfred-Weber-Institute of Economics, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany)

Trautmann, Stefan (Alfred-Weber-Institute of Economics, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany)

Distributor:

heiDATA

Distributor:

heiDATA: Heidelberg Research Data Repository

Access Authority:

Trautmann, Stefan

Date of Deposit:

2019-06-14

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.11588/data/RNHJTE

Study Scope

Keywords:

Social Sciences, happiness, life satisfaction

Abstract:

Parenthood, marital status and social networks have been shown to relate to the well-being and mental health of older people. Using a large sample of respondents aged 50 and older from 16 European countries, we identify the associations of well-being and mental health with family status. Making use of detailed social network data of the respondents, we also identify how different social support networks correlate with the well-being and health indicators. We observe positive associations for all network types, over and beyond any direct associations of family status with well-being. Results suggest that non-residential children are important providers of social support for their parents at older age.

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Data Access

Other Study Description Materials

File Description--f2855

File: shareKids_country_id.tab

  • Number of cases: 16

  • No. of variables per record: 4

  • Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

Notes:

UNF:6:be//4yqdSt2F+1XKYGQOmA==

Variable Description

List of Variables:

Variables

group(sh_country_iso)

f2855 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 4.760952285695233; Min. 1.0; Mean 8.5; Valid 16.0; Max. 16.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:2gH76V78fTaMc83KJgglGQ==

sh_country_iso

f2855 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:YN16oyu7/sckpJHfIsbCZQ==

sh_country_name

f2855 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:ziVNvP+F4t5tmb/MLfV7QA==

sh_country

f2855 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 8.624577284327234; Valid 16.0; Mean 21.875; Min. 11.0; Max. 35.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:T60GdKrcxb+R8T/D+CnGGQ==

Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

00_SHAREKids_Readme.txt

Notes:

text/plain

Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

0_SHAREKidsMergeGen.do

Notes:

application/x-stata-syntax

Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

1_SHAREKids_cluster.do

Notes:

application/x-stata-syntax

Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

2_SHAREKids_cluster_merge.do

Notes:

application/x-stata-syntax

Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

3_SHAREKids_analysis.do

Notes:

application/x-stata-syntax

Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

4_SHAREKids_analysis_cluster.do

Notes:

application/x-stata-syntax