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24/04/2014
The findings, which have been carried out by NetCen, are due to be presented at the British Sociological Association's annual conference, the Daily Mail has said.
For the study, researchers asked more than 12,000 seven-year-olds how often they feel happy. The children they asked were from three groups – those living with both biological parents, those living with a biological parent and a step-parent, and those living with just one parent. In each group, 36% admitted they were happy "all the time", while 64% replied "sometimes or never".
When it comes to what might have an affect on happiness, 'shouty' parents, arguing with brothers or sisters and being bullied at school were factors listed.
The results suggest that the quality of the relationship is more important than the composition of the family.
Jenny Chanfreau, a senior researcher from NatCen, is quoted by the Daily Mail as saying: "The family relationship is more important than the type of family.
"Staying together for the children but fighting all the time and shouting at the children, not having fun together, not sitting down to eat dinner is not going to be good for a child's happiness.
"We found that the family type had no significant effect on the happiness of the seven-year-olds or the 11 to 15-year-olds. It's the quality of the relationships in the home that matters - not the family composition."
She continued: "Pupil relations at school are also important- being bullied at school or being 'horrible' to others was strongly associated with lower happiness in the seven-year-olds, for instance.
"I think it's more about the dynamics of what goes on inside the household and whether there's stability in every day life. If they feel secure in the home it doesn't mean so much whether there's one parent or more."
(JP)
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Children who live with a single parent are said to be just as happy as those who live with both a mother and father, a new study has claimed.The findings, which have been carried out by NetCen, are due to be presented at the British Sociological Association's annual conference, the Daily Mail has said.
For the study, researchers asked more than 12,000 seven-year-olds how often they feel happy. The children they asked were from three groups – those living with both biological parents, those living with a biological parent and a step-parent, and those living with just one parent. In each group, 36% admitted they were happy "all the time", while 64% replied "sometimes or never".
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When it comes to what might have an affect on happiness, 'shouty' parents, arguing with brothers or sisters and being bullied at school were factors listed.
The results suggest that the quality of the relationship is more important than the composition of the family.
Jenny Chanfreau, a senior researcher from NatCen, is quoted by the Daily Mail as saying: "The family relationship is more important than the type of family.
"Staying together for the children but fighting all the time and shouting at the children, not having fun together, not sitting down to eat dinner is not going to be good for a child's happiness.
"We found that the family type had no significant effect on the happiness of the seven-year-olds or the 11 to 15-year-olds. It's the quality of the relationships in the home that matters - not the family composition."
She continued: "Pupil relations at school are also important- being bullied at school or being 'horrible' to others was strongly associated with lower happiness in the seven-year-olds, for instance.
"I think it's more about the dynamics of what goes on inside the household and whether there's stability in every day life. If they feel secure in the home it doesn't mean so much whether there's one parent or more."
(JP)
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