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Correlational findings

Study Boelhouwer & Stoop (1999): study NL 1974

Public
18+ aged, general public, The Netherlands, 1974-1997
Sample
Respondents
N = 3500
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Number of 8 serious illnesses
Our Classification
Operationalization
One or more illnesses on a list of 9 serious illnesses (tuberculosis; stroke; ulster; gall-stones; liver deseases; renal caculus; diabetic; epilepsy; cancer)
1 no symptoms
2 one of nine symptoms
3 two or three of nine symptoms

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HP-u-sq-v-5-a r = -.07 p < .05 1993 O-HP-u-sq-v-5-a r = -.08 p < .05 1997