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This is one http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/In-Defense-of-Parenthood.pdf http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/I

• adrianhoward 14y ago
  Interesting - thank you. Especially the three studies in the first paper. The discussion on moderators on the first study is interesting since it shows that it's not a universal truth - but significantly moderated by age, marital status and sex. For example: "Finally, age significantly moderated the link between parenthood and life satisfaction. Simple effects analyses revealed that young parents (ages 17-25) were less satisfied with their lives than their childless counterparts (b = -0.39, p < .001); mid-range age parents (ages 26-62) were more satisfied than their childless peers (b = 0.42, p < .001); and older parents (ages 63 and older) did not differ from older non-parents (b = 0.16, p = .29)." The discussion on recall bias is interesting to - nice to see that mentioned. US only population too. Would be interested to see how that goes across cultures.