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Parenthood and life satisfaction

A comparison of single- and dual-parent families in Hong Kong

College of Social Work, The Ohio State University, 1947 College Road, Columbus, OH 43210, USA, lee.355{at}osu.edu

Chi-Kwong Law

Department of Social Work and Social Administration, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong

Kwok-Kwan Tam

Hincks-Dellcrest Center, 440 Jarvis Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4Y 2X4

This article examines the relationship between parenthood and life satisfaction in a Chinese population according to a strain perspective. Chinese single parents in Hong Kong were found to have lower life satisfaction, less time to fulfill child-care tasks, lower income, and perceived child care as more difficult than those in dual-parent families. Findings of the path analysis further indicated a direct relationship between single parenthood and lower life satisfaction, after controlling for time sufficiency of child-care responsibilities and perceived difficulties in child care.

International Social Work, Vol. 42, No. 2, 139-162 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/002087289904200204


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