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Parents are less happy than non-parents.
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CONTESTED PARTIAL
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3 sources for · 2 against
Is it true that parents are less happy than non-parents?
Partly. Popular reference books assert that parents are on average less happy than non-parents, while peer-reviewed reanalyses find the parental happiness gap is sensitive to covariates and time period and that parents have been gaining relative happiness. The evidence covers the claim only in part on both sides.
Verdict: CONTESTED PARTIAL · 3 sources for, 2 against · Last checked
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Christian, J. (2011). The rough guide to psychology. archive.org. https://archive.org/details/roughguidetopsyc0000jarr
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A Bundle of Joy: Does Parenting Really Make Us Miserable?. (2012). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1883839
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Pamela, D. (2012). French children don't throw food. archive.org. https://archive.org/details/frenchchildrendo0000druc
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Blackstone, D. A. (2019). Childfree by Choice. play.google.com. https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=XuVvDwAAQBAJ&source=gbs_api
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The increasing happiness of US parents. (2015). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11150-015-9302-0
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