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No 2009:125:
Life Satisfaction among Rural Low-income Mothers: The Influence of Health, Human, Personal, and Social Capital

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Sheila Mammen , Jean W. Bauer () and Daniel Lass ()
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Sheila Mammen: University of Massachusetts, Postal: Department of Resource Economics, University of Massachusetts, 303 Stockbridge Hall, 80 Campus Center Way, Amherst, MA 01003-9246, P: 413-545-2470 F: 413-545-5853
Jean W. Bauer: University of Minnesota, Postal: Family Social Sciences Department, University of Minnesota, 1985 Buford Ave., St. Paul, MN 55108, P: 612-625-4227
Daniel Lass: University of Massachusetts, Postal: Department of Resource Economics, University of Massachusetts, 211 Stockbridge Hall, 80 Campus Center Way, Amherst, MA 01003-9246, P: 413-545-1501 F: 413-545-5853

Abstract: The satisfaction with life (SWL) among rural low-income mothers was assessed using a sample of 163 mothers who participated in a multi-state, three-year longitudinal study. Dependent variables included those that represented various forms of capital (health, human, personal and social) as well as the mothers’ levels of life satisfaction from prior years. Nearly two-thirds of the rural mothers were satisfied with their life in all three years. Their level of satisfaction appeared to be constant, however, such persistence had a time frame of only one year. In all three years, their depression score and the adequacy of their income had a significant effect on SWL. Their confidence as a parent and home ownership affected their life satisfaction during two years. Finally, their satisfaction with social relationships, age of the youngest child, and total number of children had an impact on their life satisfaction for one year.

Keywords: Satisfaction with life; rural low-income mothers; health capital; human capital; personal capital; social capital; homeostatis

Language: English

43 pages, 2009

Note: Available online at: http://courses.umass.edu/resec/workingpapers/documents/ResEcWorkingPaper2009-2.pdf

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