this analysis is not that impressive. it is flat out lazy to take huge, disparate groups and act like having a kid or not is a variable we can causally use to e

this analysis is not that impressive. it is flat out lazy to take huge, disparate groups and act like having a kid or not is a variable we can causally use to evaluate, well, anything. and let's not kid ourselves, it starts at the title (does having children /make/ people happy), and contains some weak tea "statistically signifcant" analysis without anything else that markedly affects happiness - income, location, ... it's just: here's a graph, here's a significance test, here's a narrative. no attempts or tests to try and evaluate while controlling for any other things e.g. income. don't let this analysis influence your thinking too much.