Table 2.

OLS regression of subjective well-being (positive–negative affect, life satisfaction, subjective health) on various sandwich criteria and controls for age (30–64), education, civil status, health and employment status (standardised coefficients)

	Negative affect		Positive affect		Life satisfaction		General health
	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women
In-between generations	−.058*	−.025	.048*	.023	.065**	.042*	.062***	.029
No child/parent in need (reference)
Only child(ren) in need	.078**	.048	−.059*	−.015*	−.040	.020	−.012	−.005
Only parent(s) in need	.091***	.050*	−.021*	.014*	−.081***	−.016	−.009	−.007
– and caregiver	.045**	.005	−.006	.002	−.026	−.020	−.031*	−.017
Both in need	.054**	.057**	.003	−.008	−.034	−.049**	−.047**	−.032*
Age (30–64)	−.163***	−.115***	−.096***	−.075***	.025	.015	−.123***	−.106***
Primary education (reference)
Secondary	−.028	−.022	.008	.073**	−.003	.030	.087***	.084***
High	.007	−.048*	.137***	.207***	−.022	.051*	.219***	.190***
Married/partner	−.032	−.053***	.033	.007	.252***	.262***	.003	.036**
Good self-rated health	−.109***	−.108***	.073***	.095***	.192***	.200***
Not paid work (reference)
Full-time employed	−.055*	−.057*	.076***	.056*	.098***	.125***	.333***	.437***
Part-time employed	.011	−.053*	.018	−.033	.016	.099***	.077***	.252***
Adjusted R 2	.04	.03	.05	.07	.13	.15	.19	.18
N	3,290	3,957	3,289	3,951	3,267	3,916	4,825	5,062

* P ≤ 0.05, ** P ≤ 0.01, *** P ≤ 0.001