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1	Does Lone Motherhood Decrease Women's Happiness? Evidence from Qualitative and Quantitative Research Baranowska-Rataj, Anna, Matysiak, Anna, Mynarska, Monika January 2014 (has links) (PDF) This paper contributes to the discussion on the effects of single motherhood on happiness. We use a mixed-method approach. First, based on indepth interviews with mothers who gave birth while single, we explore mechanisms through which children may influence mothers' happiness. In a second step, we analyze panel survey data to quantify this influence. Our results leave no doubt that, while raising a child outside of marriage poses many challenges, parenthood has some positive influence on a lone mother's life. Our qualitative evidence shows that children are a central point in an unmarried woman's life, and that many life decisions are taken with consideration of the child's welfare, including escaping from pathological relationships. Our quantitative evidence shows that, although the general level of happiness among unmarried women is lower than among their married counterparts, raising a child does not have a negative impact on their happiness.
2	Obesity and First Birth: Timing, Union Status, And Subsequent Union Formation And Dissolution Fee, Holly 01 May 2019 (has links) No description available. Sociology obesity body weight body mass index BMI nonmarital fertility union formation union dissolution nonmarital childbearing stigma of obesity fertility childbearing union status at first birth stigma

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Does Lone Motherhood Decrease Women's Happiness? Evidence from Qualitative and Quantitative Research

Obesity and First Birth: Timing, Union Status, And Subsequent Union Formation And Dissolution