Table 3.

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 men)

Men	t = 0 versus t = 1		t = 0 versus t = 3		t = 0 versus t = 2		t = 0 versus t = 4
Overall
t0	8.159***	t0	8.159***	t0	8.159***	t0	8.159***
t + 1	7.917***	t + 2	7.921***	t + 3	7.895***	t + 4	7.926***
Difference	0.242***	Difference	0.238***	Difference	0.264***	Difference	0.233***
Endowments	0.112**	Endowments	0.159***	Endowments	0.198***	Endowments	0.143***
Coefficients	0.150***	Coefficients	0.117**	Coefficients	0.097	Coefficients	0.129**
Interaction	− 0.020	Interaction	− 0.037	Interaction	− 0.031	Interaction	− 0.039
Endowments
Satisfaction with
Relationship with partner	0.035***	Relationship with partner	0.057***	Relationship with partner	0.102***	Relationship with partner	0.085***
Work	0.000	Work	0.001	Work	0.000	Work	− 0.004
Work-family balance	− 0.002	Work-family balance	0.001	Work-family balance	− 0.002	Work-family balance	− 0.008
Financial situation	0.010	Financial situation	0.007	Financial situation	0.001	Financial situation	0.001
Employment prospects	0.009	Employment prospects	0.000	Employment prospects	− 0.002	Employment prospects	− 0.001
Job security	0.000	Job security	0.000	Job security	0.003	Job security	0.003
Parents	0.009	Parents	0.001	Parents	− 0.010	Parents	− 0.023*
Leisure time	0.015	Leisure time	0.025*	Leisure time	0.014	Leisure time	0.020
Health	0.020*	Health	0.048***	Health	0.077***	Health	0.082***
Neighbourhood	− 0.006	Neighbourhood	0.000	Neighbourhood	− 0.003	Neighbourhood	− 0.006
Job	0.003	Job	− 0.008	Job	0.005	Job	− 0.011
Pay	0.001	Pay	0.003	Pay	− 0.002	Pay	− 0.001
Working hours	0.002	Working hours	0.000	Working hours	0.000	Working hours	− 0.003
Community	0.000	Community	− 0.001	Community	0.000	Community	0.000
Housing	0.008	Housing	0.016	Housing	0.003	Housing	0.000
Safety	0.008	Safety	0.010	Safety	0.012	Safety	0.009

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