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A Meta-Analysis of Gender Differences in Subjective Well-Being: Estimating Effect Sizes and Associations With Gender Inequality

Batz-Barbarich, Cassondra, Tay, Louis, Kuykendall, Lauren, Cheung, Ho Kwan·2018·Psychological Science
DOI 10.1177/0956797618774796
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Despite global gender inequalities, findings on gender differences in subjective well-being have been inconsistent. We conducted a meta-analysis on gender differences in subjective well-being to account for the type of subjective-well-being measure, sampling variability, and levels of national gender inequality from which samples are gathered. Based on 281 effect sizes for life satisfaction ( N = 1,001,802) and 264 for job satisfaction ( N = 341,949), results showed no significant gender differences in both types of subjective well-being. Supplementary meta-analyses found significantly lower job satisfaction, but not life satisfaction, in women for studies that used both life-satisfaction and job-satisfaction measures, and studies that relied on measures that previously demonstrated measurement equivalence. Using the Gender Inequality Index, we found that greater national gender inequality significantly predicts greater gender differences in job satisfaction, but not life satisfaction. We discuss the implications of these findings and the use of subjective well-being as a measure of societal progress.

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Authors
Batz-Barbarich, C., Tay, L., Kuykendall, L., & Cheung, H. K.
Affiliations
  • Purdue University West Lafayette (US)
  • George Mason University (US)
Corresponding author
Batz-Barbarich, Cassondra
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Venue
Psychological Science
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2018-07-06
Volume
29
Issue
9
Pages
1491-1503
ISSN
  • 0956-7976 (ISSN-L)
  • 1467-9280
DOI
10.1177/0956797618774796
OpenAlex
W2815262253
Cited by
253
References
7
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2026: 29 · 2025: 34 · 2024: 25 · 2023: 29 · 2022: 27 · 2021: 28 · 2020: 70 · 2019: 10
FWCI
4.19
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Psychological Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Health and Well-being Studies
Keywords
gender differences, subjective well-being, life satisfaction, job satisfaction, gender inequality, Gender Inequality Index, measurement invariance, effect size, social progress
MeSH terms
Female, Humans, Job Satisfaction, Male, Personal Satisfaction, Sex Factors, Socioeconomic Factors

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