Satisfaction with family life in South Africa: the role of socioeconomic status
SOURCE: Journal of Happiness Studies
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2017
TITLE AUTHOR(S): F.Botha, F.Booysen, E.Wouters
KEYWORDS: QUALITY OF LIFE, SOCIO- ECONOMIC STATUS
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 10041
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/11420
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/11420
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2017
TITLE AUTHOR(S): F.Botha, F.Booysen, E.Wouters
KEYWORDS: QUALITY OF LIFE, SOCIO- ECONOMIC STATUS
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 10041
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/11420
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/11420
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Abstract
This paper investigates the determinants of self-reported satisfaction with family life, applied to the South African context, with socioeconomic status (SES) as the main covariate and family functioning as the secondary covariate of interest. An individual-, household-, and subjective SES index is constructed via multiple correspondence analysis. Structural equation modelling (SEM) and multiple-group SEM (MGSEM) are used to analyse the role of SES in explaining satisfaction with family life. Higher levels of SES, especially household SES and subjective SES, are related to greater satisfaction with family life. Family functioning, in terms of better family flexibility, is associated with higher satisfaction with family life. The MGSEM results indicate that the role of family flexibility in explaining satisfaction with family life is similar across SES quartiles; family flexibility is an important predictor of family-life satisfaction, regardless of SES quartile.-
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