Study Boelhouwer (2010): study NL 1977
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, The Netherlands, 1977-2006
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 54299
- Non Response
- Assessment
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Life situation Index
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Selfreport on questions about:
A Housing
- type of ownership (1 tenant, 2 owner)
- type of building (1 detached single family dwelling, 2
attached single family dwelling, 3 appartment)
- number of rooms
- area of living room
- scary spot in neighbourhood
- year of construction
B Health
- number of psychosomatic symptons
- number of 8 serious illnesses
- number of other illnesses
C Purchasing power/consumer durables
- number of household appliances
- number of hobby articles
D Leisure activities
- number of hobbies
- number of non-domestic entertainment activities
- organizational membership
E Mobility
- car ownership
- season ticket railway
F Social participation
- active contribution to activities of organization
- volunteer work
- social isolation (scale)
G Sport activity
- number of times sporting a week
- number of sports
H Vacation
- vacation in past year
- vacation to a foreign country
- number of vaction articles
Computation: weighted summation using component loadings in
catagories.
Observed Relation with Happiness
1977 2006
-Very happy 98 109
-Unhappy 81 90
(100= mean of 1997)
The scores on the life situation index for the very unhappy persons increased from 81 in 1977 to 90 in 2006 and for the very happy persons from 98 in 1977 to 109 in 2006.
-Gender
-Education
-Employment
-Age
-City
-Household composition
-Ethnicity
-Income
-Health
-Home
-Residential environment
-Friends and acquaintances
-Social position
-Education
-Financial resources
-Dutch society
-Government