Teachers’ Well-Being Levels by Gender and Marital Status: A Meta-Analysis Study

Abstract

The main purpose of the current study is to reveal the effect of gender and marital status variables on teachers’ well-being levels. The databases named Higher Education Institution Thesis Center, ProQuest, EBSCOhost and Google Scholar, National Academic Network and Information Center (Academic Archive of Turkey, National Collective Catalogue, Journal Park Academic) were searched and 62 studies for the gender variable and 34 studies for the marital status variables were included in the scope of the meta-analysis. Sample sizes of the studies included in the research is as follows: according to the gender variable, sample size is 25088, and according to the marital status, sample size is 14705. The Comprehensive Meta-Analysis Version 2.2.064 (CMA) program was used in the analysis of the data. As a result of the analysis completed, it was observed that there was no publication bias in the individual studies in the study for all variables. As a result of the analysis made according to the random effects model, it was determined that the overall effect size of the gender variable (d=0.05) and the effect size of the marial status variabel (d=-0.12) on teachers’ well-being levels were weak and insignificant. As a result of moderator analyses for all variables, statistically significant inconclusive results have been achieved. When the findings of the research were evaluated in general, it was seen that the characteristics of teachers such as gender and marital status did not have an effect on teachers’ well-being levels or they were at a very weak level. When the effect of research characteristics on research findings is examined; it was seen that the type of grade, publication type, school type, teacher branch, the region where the research was conducted and the gender of the researcher did not have a moderator effect.

Keywords

• Gender
• marital status
• meta-analysis
• teacher
• well-being

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