Table 2.

Odds ratios for happiness and life satisfaction

Child in household	Happiness		Life satisfaction
	Age adjusted	Fully adjusted	Age adjusted	Fully adjusted
Any child	1.12** (0.07)	1.29*** (0.08)	1.09 (0.08)	1.21** (0.09)
Son(s) only	0.95 (0.06)	1.12 (0.08)	0.96 (0.08)	1.08 (0.09)
Daughter(s)	1.34*** (0.10)	1.50*** (0.12)	1.25*** (0.10)	1.36*** (0.13)
Sample size	18,230	16,854	18,260	16,869

Note. Results are presented for odds ratios relative to cases with no coresident child for two sets of logistic regressions: those with any child and son(s) only or daughters. Robust standard errors based on country clusters in parentheses. Source: European Social Survey Rounds 1–7.

^* p < .05.

^** p < .01.

^*** p < .001.