Study Ventegodt (1995): study DK 1993

Public

18-88 aged, general public, Denmark, 1993

Sample

Respondents

N = 1494

Non Response

39%

Assessment

Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Mailed questionnaire

Correlate

Authors's Label

partner's occupation

Our Classification

Distribution

N: 1:All: 988,  1a:101,   1b:19,   1c:132,   1d:164,   1e:47,   1f:348,   1g:55,   1h:110,   1i:12;
N2: All:745;   2a:64;   2b:102;   2c:137;   2d:89;   2e:101;   2f:9;   2g:107;   2h:53;   2i:32;   2j:51

Operationalization

Single question:
"What is your partner's main occupation?"
1a: independent businessman/tradesman
1b: assistant in spouse's business
1c: unskilled/semi-skilled worker
1d: skilled worker
1e: housewife
1f: salaried employee/civil servant
1g: student
1h: pensioner
1i: social security recipient
Partner's job type
2a: top management
2b: intellectual employment(expert-level)
2c: intellectual employment(intermediate level)
2d: clerical
2e: sales or service
2f: agriculture, forestry, fishery
2g: the trades
2h: process or machine operator
2i: military
2j: other employment

Observed Relation with Happiness