Table 2.

Decomposition analysis of the differential in life satisfaction between the year of the birth of the first child and the subsequent years, explained by differences in satisfaction with life domains (models for women)

Women	t = 0 versus t = 1		t = 0 versus t = 2		t = 0 versus t = 3		t = 0 versus t = 4
Overall
t0	8.301***	t0	8.301***	t0	8.301***	t0	8.301***
t + 1	8.115***	t + 2	8.063***	t + 3	7.925***	t + 4	7.955***
Difference	0.186***	Difference	0.238***	Difference	0.376***	Difference	0.346***
Endowments	0.102*	Endowments	0.215***	Endowments	0.234***	Endowments	0.246***
Coefficients	0.055	Coefficients	0.028	Coefficients	0.147*	Coefficients	0.101
Interaction	0.029	Interaction	− 0.006	Interaction	− 0.005	Interaction	0.000
Endowments
Satisfaction with
Relationship with partner	0.038*	Relationship with partner	0.047***	Relationship with partner	0.071***	Relationship with partner	0.099***
Work	0.001	Work	0.001	Work	0.002	Work	0.000
Work-family balance	0.000	Work-family balance	0.000	Work-family balance	0.005	Work-family balance	− 0.004
Financial situation	− 0.001	Financial situation	0.011	Financial situation	0.000	Financial situation	0.013
Employment prospects	0.003	Employment prospects	0.000	Employment prospects	0.008	Employment prospects	0.009
Job security	− 0.001	Job security	0.014	Job security	− 0.003	Job security	− 0.008
Parents	− 0.002	Parents	0.002	Parents	− 0.001	Parents	0.006
Leisure time	0.005	Leisure time	0.041***	Leisure time	0.044**	Leisure time	0.051***
Health	0.056***	Health	0.043***	Health	0.057***	Health	0.047***
Neighbourhood	0.000	Neighbourhood	− 0.002	Neighbourhood	0.005	Neighbourhood	0.004
Job	− 0.007	Job	0.006	Job	0.002	Job	0.008
Pay	0.001	Pay	0.000	Pay	− 0.001	Pay	− 0.004
Working hours	0.000	Working hours	0.001	Working hours	− 0.007	Working hours	0.000
Community	− 0.005	Community	0.000	Community	0.000	Community	0.000
Housing	0.005	Housing	0.022	Housing	0.015	Housing	0.001
Safety	0.008	Safety	0.027	Safety	0.036*	Safety	0.024

***For p = 0.001; **for p = 0.01; *for p = 0.05