Dan_Weinand comments on Some thoughts on having children - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Dan_Weinand 09 January 2014 04:25:45AM 0 points [-]

Sorry, a more applicable study is behind a pay-wall. http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/351391?uid=3739640&uid=2&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21103313626383 Summary: data from six surveys suggest negative correlation between having children and several measures of life satisfaction. Standard caveats that correlation doesn't imply causation, etc.

Comment author: Lumifer 09 January 2014 04:38:57AM *  0 points [-]

Hm. Pity about the paywall. Throwing in here a PDF on the likelihood of depression among people with children and childless people. I read it as no significant difference (I understand that the authors don't feel that way).