Study Nawijn et al. (2010): study NL 2006
- Public
- 16+ aged, general public, Netherlands, followed 21 weeks, 2006
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 1530
- Non Response
- 470
- Assessment
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Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)
Completed every 8 weeks
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Vacationing
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Ss answered questions every 2 months on how happy they had felt and at T3 also about holiday trips since T2 T1: week 11 (March) T2: week 19 (May) T3: week 27 (July) T4: week 35 (September) T5: week 43 (November) In week 35 respondents also reported: A: the number of days the holiday trip had lasted B: how many days had passed since return
- Distribution
- N = 1: 974, 0: 556
- Operationalization
- Selfreport on single question at T3 on whether or not one had had a holiday trip in the last two months (since T2)
1: Had a holiday trip (vacationers)
0: Had not (non-vacationers)
Assessed in week 35 and referred to the time since the last participation in this follow-up study in week 27
Observed Relation with Happiness
Vacationers M=2,25 SD=.08 M=2,19 SD=.08
Non-vacationers M=2,07 SD=.09 M=2,06 SD=.07
-difference +0,18 +0,13
T1 = pre-trip (March 2006), T5= post-trip (November 2006)
Covariates:
- educational level
- net household income
- age
- extraversion
Happiness rises after a holiday only among vacationers who rated the trip as 'very relaxed'