Bartels & Boomsma (2009): study NL 2005
Publication
- Author(s):
- Bartels, M.; Boomsma, D.I.
- Title:
- Born to be Happy? The Etiology of Subjective Well-Being.
- Source:
- Behavior Genetics, 2009, Vol. 39, 605 - 617
Investigation
- Public
- 12+aged, mono- and dizygotic twins and their non-twin sibblings, The Netherlands, 2005-2007
- Sample
- Non-probability purposive sample
- Respondents
- N = 4052
- Non Response
- 43,9
- Assessment
-
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Mailed questionnaire
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
… your life in general … (full question not reported)
10 best possible life
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1 worst possible life - Classification:
- C-BW-g-sq-l-10-a
- Author's label:
- Quality of life in general
- Remarks:
- Question in Dutch Health Behavior Questionnaire (DHBQ)
- Page in publication:
- 3
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 8.30 -
- SD:
- - -
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
… your life at the moment … (full question not reported)
10 best possible life
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1 worst possible life - Classification:
- C-BW-m-sq-l-10-a
- Author's label:
- Quality of life at the moment of measure
- Remarks:
- Question in Dutch Health Behavior Questionnaire (DHBQ)
- Page in publication:
- 3
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 8.90 -
- SD:
- - -
Correlational Findings
Happiness of siblings