TABLE 1.
Effect size for the satisfaction decrease in the parents’ and non-parents’ samples.
| Estimates |
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| Measures | K | N | g (SE) | 95% CI LL | 95% CI UL | τ 2 | Q | I2 (%) |
| First year | ||||||||
| Parent sample | ||||||||
| Women satisfaction change | 50 | 139,791 | –0.31*** (0.03) | –0.38 | –0.25 | 0.01 | 528.16*** | 90.91 |
| Men satisfaction change | 45 | 4,625 | –0.29*** (0.03) | –0.36 | –0.22 | 0.04 | 238.65*** | 81.56 |
| Couple satisfaction change | 3 | 291 | –0.28* (0.08) | –0.62 | –0.06 | 0.01 | 4.73 | 57.71 |
| Non-parent samplea | ||||||||
| Women satisfaction change | 4 | 165 | –0.12* (0.04) | –0.24 | –0.01 | 0.00 | .73 | 0 |
| Men satisfaction change | 4 | 165 | –0.13* (0.04) | –0.24 | –0.02 | 0.00 | .71 | 0 |
| Second year | ||||||||
| Parent sample | ||||||||
| Women satisfaction change | 15 | 136,337 | –0.16*** (0.02) | –0.24 | –0.12 | 0.00 | 158.47*** | 91.17 |
| Men satisfaction change | 11 | 1,445 | –0.14* (0.06) | –0.27 | –0.02 | 0.03 | 46.19*** | 78.35 |
| Fist 2 years | ||||||||
| Total satisfaction change | 26 | 137,779 | –0.37** (0.04) | –0.43 | –0.32 | 0.01 | 367.29*** | 93.19 |
K, number of effect sizes; N, sample size; g, Hedge’s g; CI, confidence interval; Q, ratio of variation to within-study error; τ2 and I2, between-study variance. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.
aOne study did not differentiate between mothers and fathers and was not included in the analysis.