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

Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)
Completed every 8 weeks

Correlate

Authors's Label

Vacationing

Our Classification

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