Life Satisfaction Among Rural Low-Income Mothers: The Influence of Health, Human, Personal, and Social Capital |
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| Authors: | Sheila Mammen Jean W Bauer Daniel Lass |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Resource Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 303 Stockbridge Hall, Amherst, MA 01003, USA;(2) Department of Family Social Science, University of Minnesota, 275 McNeal Hall, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA;(3) Department of Resource Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 211 Stockbridge Hall, Amherst, MA 01003, USA |
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| Abstract: | The satisfaction with life 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. The variables that affected their satisfaction with life were symptoms
of risk of depression (health capital) and income adequacy (personal capital). These findings provide important insight on
a marginalized, yet often overlooked, population. |
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