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Life Satisfaction Over Time Among Rural Low-income Mothers

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Sheila Mammen () (Department of Resource Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst)
Jean W. Bauer () (Family Social Sciences Department, University of Minnesota)
Daniel Lass () (Department of Resource Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst)
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.

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Paper provided by University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Resource Economics in its series Working Papers with number 2009-2.

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

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I30 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare and Poverty - - - General
I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare and Poverty - - - General Welfare
I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
I39 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare and Poverty - - - Other

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