Study Ventegodt (1995): study DK 1993
- Public:
- 18-88 aged, general public, Denmark, 1993
- Sample:
- Respondents:
- N = 1494
- Non Response:
- 39%
- Assessment:
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Questionnaire: paper
Mailed questionnaire
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- siblings
- Our Classification
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- Distribution
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N women: all:738, a1:165, b1:312, c1:191, d1:70
N men: all:729, a1:193, b1:280, c1:188, d1:68
N(2): all:1483, a2:1157, b2:105, c2:82, d2:139
N(3): all:1476, a3:8, b3:20, c3:6, d3:34, e3:1408 - Operationalization
- brothers and sisters(1)
a1: only sisters
b1: brothers and sisters
c1: only brothers
d1: only child
half brothers and sisters(2)
a2: only full brothers and sisters
b2: both full and half brothers and sisters
c2: only half brothers and sisters
d2: only child
twin or triplet(3)
a3: identical twin
b3: fraternal twin
c3: triplet
d3: twin or triplet
e3: neither twin nor triplet
Observed Relation with Happiness
brothers brothers half brothers twin or
and sisters and sisters and sisters triplet
Ms a1=7.56 7.76 a2=7.81 a3=6.56
Ms b1=7.80 7.74 b2=7.74 b3=7.50
Ms c1=7.88 8.06 c2=7.75 c3=7.09
Ms d1=7.11 7.61 d2=7.35 d3=7.20
e3=7.76
all :7.70 7.81 all(2)=7.75 all(3)=7.74
brothers brothers half brothers twin or
and sisters and sisters and sisters triplet
Ms a1=7.28 7.35 a2=7.51 a3=6.56
Ms b1=7.51 7.51 b2=7.21 b3=6.88
Ms c1=7.55 7.50 c2=7.23 c3=7.50
Ms d1=7.03 7.20 d2=7.13 d3=6.91
e3=7.45
all :7.43 7.44 all(2)=7.44 all(3)=7.43
brothers and brothers and half brothers twin or
sisters sisters and sisters triplet
Ms a1=7.06 7.35 a2=7.00 a3=6.25
Ms b1=6.90 7.51 b2=6.66 b3=6.38
Ms c1=7.14 7.50 c2=6.74 c3=6.66
Ms d1=6.63 7.20 d2=6.66 d3=6.40
e3=6.95
all :6.98 7.44 all(2)=6.94 all(3)=6.93