Study Ventegodt (1997): study DK 1993

Public

31-33 aged, born at the university hospital, Denmark, 1993

Sample

Respondents

N = 4626

Non Response

36%

Assessment

Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Data were taken from the medical files of mothers and their babies

Correlate

Authors's Label

Muscle tone shortly after birth

Our Classification

Remarks

see also: muscle tone after 1 year

Distribution

N day 1 all:4235,    1:79,5%;   2a:0,5%,   2b:0,4%;   2c:3,8%;   2d:0,7%;   2e:10,4%
N day 5 all:4135,   1:80,9%,   2a:0,5%,   2b:1,1%,   2c:1,0%;   2d:1,8%,   2e:1,0%

Operationalization

Muscle tone shortly after birth as reported in medical file
1: normal
2: one of the following:
   2a: side sifferences
   2b:clearly reduced, arms or legs
   2c:increased, arms or legs
   2d: clearly reduced all extremities
   2e: increased all extremities
Assesed at day 1 and day 5

Observed Relation with Happiness